NetBase for MPE Reference Guide

NetBase Spooling
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• LPR/LPD support which enables you to send and receive print jobs to and from remote hosts,
whether they are on HP 9000s, Sun Sparc stations or any other UNIX environment.
• BOOTP support which can make your HP 3000 the BOOTP server for printers that require an IP
address before they can be accessed by NBSpool. This eliminates the need for a UNIX system
to perform the task.
• A SHOW command which displays a selective listing of spool files, including information not
found on a SHOWOUT listing.
• 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 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.