3 – Examples
1.$ PRINT/QUEUE=LPB0/COPIES=10/AFTER=20 RESUME
Job RESUME (queue LPB0, entry 239) holding until 14-DEC-2001 20:00
The PRINT command in this example queues 10 copies of the file
RESUME.LIS to printer LPB0, but requests that the copies not be
printed until after 8:00 P.M.
2.$ PRINT THETA.TXT + BETA/FLAG + GAMMA/FLAG + *.LIS/FLAG
Job THETA (queue SYS$PRINT, entry 237) pending
The PRINT command in this example submits the files THETA.TXT,
BETA.TXT, GAMMA.TXT, and the highest versions of all files with
the file type .LIS as a single print job. Flag pages separate
the individual files. Notice that the file type for BETA and
GAMMA is .TXT, the file type of the first file in the list.
3.$ PRINT/LOWERCASE THETA.TXT/COPIES=2, -
_$BETA.DOC/COPIES=3
Job THETA (queue SYS$PRINT, entry 240) pending
The print job queued by the PRINT command in this example
consists of two copies of THETA.TXT followed by three copies
of BETA.DOC. This job must be printed on a printer that can
print lowercase letters. If no such printer is available, the
job waits in the queue.
4.$ PRINT/JOB_COUNT=3 THETA.TXT,BETA/NOIDENTIFY
The PRINT command in this example concatenates the files
THETA.TXT and BETA.TXT into a single print job and prints three
copies of the job. The /NOIDENTIFY qualifier requests that the
job entry number and queue name not be displayed.
5.$ COPY REPORT.MEM NODE3::
$ PRINT/REMOTE NODE3::REPORT.MEM
In this example, the two commands are entered at a node other
than NODE3. The COPY command copies the file REPORT.MEM from
the current node to the NODE3 node. The PRINT command queues
the file REPORT.MEM located on the NODE3 node for printing at
the NODE3 node. The job entry number and queue name are not
displayed when the /REMOTE qualifier is used.
6.$ PRINT/HOLD MASTER.DOC
Job MASTER (queue SYS$PRINT, entry 540) holding
.
.
.
$ SET ENTRY 540/RELEASE
The PRINT command in this example queues a copy of the file
MASTER.DOC to the default printer in a hold status. Later,
the SET ENTRY command releases the hold status on the file and
makes it available for printing.
7.$ PRINT TEST.TXT
Job TEST.TXT (queue SYS$PRINT, entry 867) started on LPA0
$ SHOW ENTRY '$ENTRY'
Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status
----- ------- -------- ------ ------
867 TEST.TXT Nisslert 135 Printing
Submitted 10-DEC-2001 11:07 /FORM=DEFAULT /PRIORITY=100
File: $5$DUA174:[NISSLERT]TEST.TXT;3
The PRINT command in this system example queues a copy of the
file TEST.TXT to the default printer. It also creates the local
symbol $ENTRY to store the job entry number. The SHOW ENTRY
command requests a display of the entry using the symbol $ENTRY
to identify it.
8.$ PRINT/RETAIN=UNTIL=1 MYFILE.DAT
.
.
.
$ SHOW QUEUE DOC$LN03
Server queue DOC$LN03, stopped, on NEWTON::, mounted form DEFAULT
Entry Jobname Username Blocks Status
----- ------- -------- ------ ------
436 MYFILE MIGDAL 8 Retained until 11-DEC-2001 16:56
%JBC-F-JOBABORT, job aborted during execution
Completed 11-DEC-2001 15:56 on queue DOC$LN03
The SHOW QUEUE display in this system example includes the date
and time at which a retained job completed and the queue on
which it executed. The user set job retention to be one hour
after job completion. Depending on the queue's job retention
policy, the job might be deleted from the queue at 16:56.
9. PRINT /PARAMETERS=AAA=123
This command passes the parameter AAA=123 to the print
symbiont. The interpretation of the parameter is dependent
on the symbiont.
10$ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(ddd,"e,(F=(3,4),g),h)",iii)
This command passes three parameters to the print symbiont:
DDD, "e,(F=(3,4),g),h)", and III. The use of the quotes around
the second parameter allows the use of nested parentheses,
commas, and the preservation of alphabetic case. This parameter
value is perfectly acceptable to the PRINT command, even though
it is apt to subsequently be rejected by the print symbiont.
11.PRINT /PARAMETERS=("N,O,P,Q,R,S,T",U,V)
This command passes three parameters to the print symbiont:
"N,O,P,Q,R,S,T", U, and V. Depending on the parsing
capabilities of the symbiont and the length of the parameters
(each parameter is limited to 255 characters), this may be a
workaround to the limitation of eight parameters.