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Qualifiers
/BASE_PRIORITY
/BASE_PRIORITY=n
Specifies the base process priority at which jobs are initiated
from a batch execution queue. The base priority specifier can be
any decimal value from 0 to 15.
You also can specify this qualifier for an output execution
queue. In this context the /BASE_PRIORITY qualifier establishes
the base priority of the symbiont process when the symbiont
process is created.
/BLOCK_LIMIT
/BLOCK_LIMIT=([lowlim,]uplim)
/NOBLOCK_LIMIT
Limits the size of print jobs that can be processed on an output
execution queue. This qualifier allows you to reserve certain
printers for certain size jobs. You must specify at least one of
the parameters.
The lowlim parameter is a decimal number referring to the minimum
number of blocks that are accepted by the queue for a print job.
If a print job is submitted that contains fewer blocks than the
lowlim value, the job remains pending until the block limit for
the queue is changed. After the block limit for the queue is
decreased sufficiently, the job is processed.
The uplim parameter is a decimal number referring to the maximum
number of blocks that are accepted by the queue for a print job.
If a print job is submitted that exceeds this value, the job
remains pending until the block limit for the queue is changed.
After the block limit for the queue is increased sufficiently,
the job is processed.
If you specify only an upper limit for jobs, you can omit the
parentheses. For example, /BLOCK_LIMIT=1000 means that only
jobs with 1000 blocks or less are processed in the queue. To
specify only a lower job limit, you must use a null string ("")
to indicate the upper limit. For example, /BLOCK_LIMIT=(500,"")
means any job with 500 or more blocks is processed in the queue.
You can specify both a lower and upper limit. For example,
/BLOCK_LIMIT=(200,2000) means that jobs with less than 200 blocks
or more than 2000 blocks are not processed in the queue.
The /NOBLOCK_LIMIT qualifier cancels the previous block limit
setting for that queue.
/CHARACTERISTICS
/CHARACTERISTICS=(characteristic[,...])
/NOCHARACTERISTICS
Specifies one or more characteristics for processing jobs
on an execution queue. If a queue does not have all the
characteristics that have been specified for a job, the job
remains pending. If you specify only one characteristic, you can
omit the parentheses. Each time you specify the /CHARACTERISTICS
qualifier, all previously set characteristics are canceled. Only
the characteristics specified with the qualifier are established
for the queue.
Queue characteristics are installation specific. The
characteristic parameter can be either a value from 0 to
127 or a characteristic name that has been defined by the
DEFINE/CHARACTERISTIC command.
The /NOCHARACTERISTICS qualifier cancels any characteristics
settings previously established for that queue.
/CLOSE
Prevents jobs from being entered in the queue through PRINT
or SUBMIT commands or as a result of requeue operations. To
allow jobs to be entered, use the /OPEN qualifier. Whether a
queue accepts or rejects new job entries is independent of the
queue's state (such as paused, stopped, or stalled). When a queue
is marked closed, jobs executing continue to execute and jobs
pending in the queue continue to be candidates for execution.
/CPUDEFAULT
/CPUDEFAULT=time
Defines the default CPU time limit for jobs in a batch execution
queue. You can specify time as delta time, 0, INFINITE, or NONE.
You can specify up to 497 days of delta time.
If the queue does not have a defined CPUMAXIMUM time limit and
the value established in the user authorization file (UAF) has
a specified CPU time limit of NONE, either the value 0 or the
keyword INFINITE allows unlimited CPU time. If you specify NONE,
the CPU time value defaults to the value specified either in the
UAF or by the SUBMIT command (if included). CPU time values must
be greater than or equal to the number specified by the system
parameter PQL_MCPULM. The time cannot exceed the CPU time limit
set by the /CPUMAXIMUM qualifier. For information on specifying
delta time, see the OpenVMS User's Manual or the online help
topic Date.
/CPUMAXIMUM
/CPUMAXIMUM=time
Defines the maximum CPU time limit for all jobs in a batch
execution queue. You can specify time as delta time, 0, INFINITE,
or NONE. You can specify up to 497 days of delta time.
The /CPUMAXIMUM qualifier overrides the time limit specified
in the user authorization file (UAF) for any user submitting a
job to the queue. Either the value 0 or the keyword INFINITE
allows unlimited CPU time. If you specify NONE, the CPU time
value defaults to the value specified either in the UAF or by
the SUBMIT command (if included). CPU time values must be greater
than or equal to the number specified by the system parameter
PQL_MCPULM.
For information on specifying delta time, see the OpenVMS User's
Manual or the online help topic Date.
/DEFAULT
/DEFAULT=(option[,...])
/NODEFAULT
Establishes defaults for certain options of the PRINT command.
Defaults are specified by the list of options. If you specify
only one option, you can omit the parentheses. After you set an
option for the queue with the /DEFAULT qualifier, you do not have
to specify that option in your PRINT commands. If you do specify
these options in your PRINT command, the values specified with
the PRINT command override the values established for the queue
with the /DEFAULT qualifier. Possible options are as follows:
[NO]BURST[=keyword] Controls whether two file flag pages with
a burst bar between them are printed
preceding output. If you specify the
value ALL (default), these flag pages
are printed before each file in the job.
If you specify the value ONE, these flag
pages are printed once before the first
file in the job.
[NO]FEED Specifies whether a form feed is inserted
automatically at the end of a page.
[NO]FLAG[=keyword] Controls whether a file flag page is
printed preceding output. If you specify
the value ALL (default), a file flag page
is printed before each file in the job.
If you specify the value ONE, a file flag
page is printed once before the first file
in the job.
FORM=type Specifies the default form for an output
execution queue. If a job is submitted
without an explicit form definition, this
form is used to process the job. If no
form type is explicitly specified with
the FORM keyword, the system assigns the
form "DEFAULT" to the queue. See also
the description of the /FORM_MOUNTED
qualifier.
[NO]TRAILER[=keyword] Controls whether a file trailer page is
printed following output. If you specify
the value ALL (default), a trailer page
is printed with each file in the job. If
you specify the value ONE, a trailer page
is printed once with the last file in the
job.
When you specify the BURST option for a file, the [NO]FLAG option
does not add or subtract a flag page from the two flag pages that
are printed preceding the file.
For information on establishing mandatory queue attributes, see
the description of the /SEPARATE qualifier. For information on
specifying default queue attributes, see the VSI OpenVMS System
Manager's Manual.
/DESCRIPTION
/DESCRIPTION=string
/NODESCRIPTION
Specifies a string of up to 255 characters used to provide
operator-supplied information about the queue.
Enclose strings containing lowercase letters, blanks, or other
nonalphanumeric characters (including spaces) in quotation marks
(" ").
The /NODESCRIPTION qualifier removes any descriptive text that
may have been associated with the queue.
/DISABLE_SWAPPING
/DISABLE_SWAPPING
/NODISABLE_SWAPPING
Controls whether batch jobs executed from a queue can be swapped
in and out of memory.
/ENABLE_GENERIC
/ENABLE_GENERIC
/NOENABLE_GENERIC
Specifies whether files queued to a generic queue that does not
specify explicit queue names can be placed in this execution
queue for processing.
/FORM_MOUNTED
/FORM_MOUNTED=type
Specifies the mounted form for an output execution queue.
If no form type is explicitly specified, the system assigns the
form "DEFAULT" to the queue.
If the stock of the mounted form does not match the stock of the
default form, as indicated by the /DEFAULT=FORM qualifier, all
jobs submitted to this queue without an explicit form definition
enter a pending state and remain pending until the stock of
the queue's mounted form is identical to the stock of the form
associated with the job.
If a job is submitted with an explicit form and the stock of the
explicit form is not identical to the stock of the mounted form,
the job enters a pending state and remains pending until the
stock of the mounted form of the queue is identical to the stock
of the form associated with the job.
To specify the form type, use either a numeric value or a form
name that has been defined by the DEFINE/FORM command. Form
types are installation-specific. You cannot use the /FORM_MOUNTED
qualifier with the /GENERIC qualifier.
/JOB_LIMIT
/JOB_LIMIT=n
Indicates the number of batch jobs that can be executed
concurrently from the queue. Specify a number in the range 1
to 65535.
/NO_INITIAL_FF
/NO_INITIAL_FF
/NONO_INITIAL_FF (default)
Allows user to set or modify whether a form feed should be sent
to a printer device when a queue starts. To suppress the initial
form feed, set the queue with /NO_INITIAL_FF qualifier.
Setting the queue with /NONO_INITIAL_FF qualifier sends a form
feed to the output device before printing begins when the queue
restarts.
/OPEN
Allows jobs to be entered in the queue through PRINT or SUBMIT
commands or as the result of requeue operations. To prevent
jobs from being entered in the queue, use the /CLOSE qualifier.
Whether a queue accepts or rejects new job entries is independent
of the queue's state (such as paused, stopped, or stalled).
/OWNER_UIC
/OWNER_UIC=uic
Requires OPER (operator) privilege or control (C) access to the
queue.
Enables you to change the user identification code (UIC) of the
queue. Specify the UIC by using the standard format as described
in the VSI OpenVMS Guide to System Security.
/PROTECTION
/PROTECTION=(ownership[:access],...)
Requires OPER (operator) privilege to control access to the
queue.
Specifies the protection of the queue. The following rules apply:
o Specify the ownership parameter as system (S), owner (O),
group (G), or world (W).
o Specify the access parameter as read (R), submit (S), manage
(M), or delete (D). A null access specification means no
access.
If you include only one protection code, you can omit the
parentheses.
For more information on specifying protection codes, see the
VSI OpenVMS Guide to System Security. For more information on
controlling queue operations through UIC-based protection, see
the VSI OpenVMS System Manager's Manual.
/RAD
/RAD=n
/NORAD
Specifies the RAD number on which to run batch jobs assigned
to the queue. The RAD value is validated as a positive integer
between 0 and the value returned by the $GETSYI item code, SYI$_
RAD_MAX_RADS.
To eliminate the RAD value for a batch queue, use the /NORAD
qualifier.
Note that when you change the RAD value on a batch queue, the
jobs currently in the batch queue are not dynamically updated
with the new RAD value. Any executing jobs will complete
processing using the original RAD value. Jobs in the pending,
holding, or timed execution states will retain the old RAD value
on the job; however, when such a job becomes executable, the job
is updated with the new RAD value.
RAD is supported on AlphaServer GS series systems and starting
from OpenVMS Version 8.4, support is extended to NUMA capable
Integrity servers.
/RECORD_BLOCKING
/RECORD_BLOCKING
/NORECORD_BLOCKING
Determines whether the symbiont can concatenate (or block
together) output records for transmission to the output device.
If you specify the /NORECORD_BLOCKING qualifier, the symbiont
sends each formatted record in a separate I/O request to the
output device. For the standard OpenVMS system print symbiont,
record blocking can have a significant performance advantage over
single-record mode.
/RETAIN
/RETAIN[=option]
/NORETAIN
Holds jobs in the queue in a retained status after they have
executed. The /NORETAIN qualifier enables you to reset the queue
to the default. Possible options are as follows:
ALL Holds all jobs in the queue after execution (default).
ERROR Holds in the queue only jobs that complete
unsuccessfully.
/SCHEDULE
/SCHEDULE=[NO]SIZE
Specifies whether pending jobs in an output queue are
scheduled for printing based on the size of the job. When the
/SCHEDULE=SIZE qualifier is in effect, shorter jobs print before
longer ones. When the /SCHEDULE=NOSIZE qualifier is in effect,
jobs are printed in the order they were submitted, regardless of
size.
If you enter this command while there are pending jobs in any
queue, its effect on future jobs is unpredictable.
/SEPARATE
/SEPARATE=(option[,...])
/NOSEPARATE
Specifies the mandatory queue attributes or job separation
options for an output execution queue. Job separation options
cannot be overridden by the PRINT command.
The job separation options are as follows:
[NO]BURST Specifies whether two job flag pages with
a burst bar between them are printed at
the beginning of each job.
[NO]FLAG Specifies whether a job flag page is
printed at the beginning of each job.
[NO]RESET=(module[,...]Specifies one or more device control
library modules that contain the job reset
sequence for the queue. The specified
modules from the queue's device control
library (by default SYS$LIBRARY:SYSDEVCTL)
are used to reset the device each time
a job reset occurs. The RESET sequence
occurs after any file trailer and before
any job trailer; therefore, all job
separation pages are printed when the
device is in its RESET state.
[NO]TRAILER Specifies whether a job trailer page is
printed at the end of each job.
When you specify the /SEPARATE=BURST qualifier, the [NO]FLAG
separation option does not add or subtract a flag page from the
two flag pages that are printed preceding the job.
For information on establishing queue attributes that can be
overridden, see the description of the /DEFAULT qualifier.
For more information on specifying mandatory queue attributes,
see the VSI OpenVMS System Manager's Manual.
/WSDEFAULT
/WSDEFAULT=n
Defines for a batch job a working set default, the default number
of physical pages that the job can use.
The value set by this qualifier overrides the value defined in
the user authorization file (UAF) of any user submitting a job to
the queue.
Specify the value of n as a number of 512-byte pagelets on Alpha.
Note that the OpenVMS system rounds up this value to the nearest
CPU-specific page so that actual amount of physical memory
allowed may be larger than the specified amount on Alpha.
If you specify the value 0 or NONE, the working set default
value defaults to the value specified in the UAF or by the SUBMIT
command (if included).
/WSEXTENT
/WSEXTENT=n
Defines for the batch job a working set extent, the maximum
amount of physical memory that the job can use. The job uses
the maximum amount of physical memory only when the system has
excess free pages. The value set by this qualifier overrides the
value defined in the user authorization file (UAF) of any user
submitting a job to the queue.
Specify the value of n as a number of 512-byte pagelets on Alpha.
Note that the OpenVMS system rounds up this value to the nearest
CPU-specific page so that actual amount of physical memory
allowed may be larger than the specified amount on Alpha.
If you specify the value 0 or NONE, the working set extent value
defaults to the value specified in the UAF or by the SUBMIT
command (if included).
/WSQUOTA
/WSQUOTA=n
Defines for a batch job the working set quota, the amount of
physical memory that is available to the job. The value set
by this qualifier overrides the value defined in the user
authorization file (UAF) of any user submitting a job to the
queue.
Specify the value of n as a number of 512-byte pagelets on Alpha
systems. Note that the OpenVMS system rounds up this value to
the nearest CPU-specific page so that actual amount of physical
memory allowed may be larger than the specified amount on Alpha.
If you specify the value 0 or NONE, the working set quota value
defaults to the value specified in the UAF or by the SUBMIT
command (if included).
A working set default size and a working set quota (maximum size)
are included in each user record in the system user authorization
file (UAF). You can specify a working set default and a working
set quota for both individual jobs and for all jobs in a given
queue. The following table shows the action taken for different
combinations of specifications that involve working set size and
working set quota values.
Value
Specified Value
by Specified
the SUBMIT for the
Command? Queue? Action Taken
No No Use the UAF value.
No Yes Use the value for the queue.
Yes Yes Use the smaller of the two values.
Yes No Compare the specified value with
the UAF value; use the smaller.