NBSpool for MPE Reference Guide

NBSpool Output Commands
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VFILE Parameters
Parameter Description
fileset
This parameter specifies the set of disk files to be saved. The format of this
fileset
is the same as that used by MPE
:LISTF
command. Only ASCII and
spool files will be used.
TEMP
This parameter specifies that only files in the temporary domain will be
processed.
filename
This parameter specifies the formal file designator of the new folder file.
This file cannot exist prior to the execution of the command unless
APPEND
or
LIMIT
is also specified. If the file name is omitted, the file name
used will be the current date.
description
This parameter specifies a
1
to
48
byte string used to describe the contents
of the folder. Used by the VISTA Plus viewer program to aid in
determining the contents of a folder.
files
This parameter specifies the maximum number of spool files that may be
put into the folder.
sectors
This parameter specifies the size, in sectors, of the folder.
PURGE
When the entire folder is successfully created and closed, all spool files
saved will be purged.
APPEND
This parameter appends the disk files to an existing folder file.
Automatically enabled if
LIMIT
is specified.
CCTL
This parameter forces all files in the fileset to treat the first byte in each
record as carriage control.
FFSCAN
This parameter scans the contents of each file for form feed characters to
determine page breaks.
ffdelim
This parameter overrides the default page break character from a formfeed
to the specified string.
INDEX
If indexing has been set up for any of the reports in the folder, NBSpool
will perform the indexing after saving the disk files.
lines
This parameter specifies the number of lines per page that will be assumed
for each spool file. This must be a value between
4
and
88
. Default is
60
lines.
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