NBSpool for MPE Reference Guide

Welcome to NBSpool
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• A
SORT command which allows sorts by any or all of the following spool file attributes:
Spool file name
Device number/class
User name
Creation date and time
Job/session number
Output priority
Spool file size
• A
ONCE=Y subset which instructs NBSpool to BANNER, ARCHIVE or VSAVE a file only once.
The
ONCE=Y subset causes NBSpool to operate on a spool file only once for any particular
command.
• JobRescue
™
functionality, implemented as follows: A STRING
=filename
subset lets users put
error strings in a file. NBSpool can
VSAVE reports based on certain strings being in a $STDLIST,
such as abort messages. Also, a
FLAG={OK|WARN|ERROR| FATAL} parameter was added to
VSAVE which VISTA Plus picks up and displays in the report selection screen.
•
VIEW and BROWSE commands which provide a quick method to preview and optionally print or
purge spool files.
•
ALTER and PURGE commands which have been enhanced to operate on a subset of spool files.
•
TEXT, LIST and KEEP commands which provide a comprehensive method for searching, listing
and copying spool files to disk. The
TEXT and LIST command can even be performed on opened
spool files.
• A very fast duplication function to make exact duplicates of spool files.
•
MOVE and COPY commands to quickly and efficiently move spool files across a network.
• A
TIMEOUT
= parameter
for the MOVE and COPY commands which allows you to override the
default time-out values.
• The
SPOOLACKFREQ JCW available with the MOVE and COPY commands controls how many
blocks of spool file data are sent before waiting for a response from a remote computer. The
larger the value, the faster the transfer.