MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual (32650-90877)

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Command List XI
Commands SHOWLOG thru STORE
N Displays the status of nondeferred READY device files.
D Displays the status of deferred READY device files.
Operation Notes
This command displays the status information for one or more currently defined output
device files. The information reflects the status at the time the command is entered and
always appears on the standard list device. Two types of spooling queues are maintained
in MPE/iX, one output queue for each logical device configured on the system and one
additional queue for all device classes. Within each queue, files are linked according to the
following parameters and listed in descending order of importance by output priority,
device class, and rank. If the priorities are equal, the spooler alternates between queues.
Information about all spoolfiles on the system is available only from the console.
Information about spoolfiles created in a specific job or session is available during that job
or session only.
To list information about an individual output device file, you may specify its device file
identifier (DFID) in the SHOWOUT command:
SHOWOUT #O26
DEV/CL DFID JOBNUM FNAME STATE FRM SPACE RANK PRI #C
EPOC #O26 #J242 $STDLIST READY 36 D 1 1
OUTFENCE = 6
The information provided in this format is defined as follows:
COLUMN MEANING
DEV/CL Logical device number or device class name of the device.
DFID Device file identification, which begins with the letter O (not zero) followed
by a number. The numeric portion of the DFID is identical to the LDEV
number of the device.
JOBNUM The job/session number (
jsnum ) of job or session using the device file.
FNAME File name assigned to device file.
STATE The status, indicated by one of the following subparameters:
ACTIVE The spooled device file on disk is actually being written to
a printer or plotter.
OPENED The device file on disk is being accessed by a program. If
the device file is spooled, a program is currently writing to
the disk.
READY The spooled device file on disk is ready for output.
LOCKED READY, but the system has exclusive access to the file.
FRM The forms message indicator (the letter F) appears only if a forms
alignment message applies to this device file.
SPACE The approximate disk space currently being used, expressed in sectors.