NBSpool for MPE Reference Guide

Chapter 4

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Input Commands

The following sections describe the NBSpool input commands in detail. For each command, you

will find information on the operation, syntax and parameters. Examples are also provided. The

NBSpool input commands appear in alphabetical order.

ALTER

The ALTER command allows changes to groups of files using local job characteristics such as INPRI

and OUTDEV. Each qualifying job will be displayed as it is altered. This command works exactly

like the MPE

ALTJOB command. The command may be stopped at any time by pressing

Ctrl+y

ALTER Syntax

I> ALTER subset [;PRI =inpri ]

[;DEV ={class}]

[ {ldev }]

[;ASK ]

User Tip. This command may be abbreviated to

ALTER Parameters

Parameter Description

subset

This parameter specifies the subset of spool files to be altered. Turn to Chapter 2

for information on working with subsets.

inpri

This parameter specifies the new input priority that will be assigned to all jobs

qualified by the subset parameter. This parameter must be an integer from

class

This parameter specifies the new device class assigned to all qualified jobs. This

parameter must be a valid spooled device class.

ldev

This parameter specifies the new logical device number assigned to all qualified

jobs. This parameter must be a valid spooled output device.

ASK

This parameter prompts at each file to include for processing.

Note. This command allows

PRI and DEV to be abbreviated to as little as one character.