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7.4.2 Specifying a Library Search List

If you have several device control libraries, you need to set up a search list

of the libraries in SYS$STARTUP:DCPS$STARTUP.COM. The search list

speciﬁes which device control libraries to search, and the priority of the

libraries.

Example 7–1 shows a search list of device control libraries.

Example 7–1 Search List for Device Control Libraries

$ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXECUTIVE/NOLOG DCPS_LIB -

DCPS$DEVCTL,-

"PS1/DATA_TYPE=POSTSCRIPT",-

"ANSI1/DATA_TYPE=ANSI",-

PS2

In Example 7–1, the software does the following:

1. Looks in the standard device control library DCPS$DEVCTL for required

setup modules and for any setup modules that have been speciﬁed with

/SETUP or /FORM.

2. Looks in the PostScript library PS1 for any speciﬁed setup modules not

found in the standard device control library. (PostScript setup modules

can be used with any type of ﬁle, so the PostScript device control library is

always included in the search for a setup module.)

3. If the print job is ANSI, looks in the library called ANSI1.

4. If the print job is a data type other than ANSI, skips the ANSI1 library

and looks for it in the PostScript library PS2.

To deﬁne your library logical name and search list, perform the following steps:

1. Edit DCPS$STARTUP.COM and add the following command line:

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