User`s guide

PRINT
If QUEUE is not running, some PRINT options are invalid (as noted below).
Likewise, some PRINT options are invalid if QUEUE is running. You should use
the LOAD command to assign ownership of a non-file-structured device to QUEUE
or SPOOL so that another job will not intermix output on that device.
Specifying a Date Argument to Print Options
Some of the options accept a date as an argument. The format for specifying the
date is:
[dd][:mmm][:yy]
where:
dd specifies the day (a decimal integer in the range 1–31).
mmm specifies the first three characters of the name of the month.
yy specifies the year (a decimal integer in the range 73–99).
The default value for the date is the current system date. If you omit any of the
date values (dd, mmm, or yy), RT–11 uses the values from the current system date.
For example, if you specify only the year 90 and the current system date is May 4,
1991, RT–11 uses the date 4:MAY:90. If the current date is not set, it is considered
0 (the same as for an undated file in a directory listing).
If you have selected timer support through the system generation process, but have
not selected automatic end-of-month date advancement, make sure that you set the
date at the beginning of each month with the DATE command. If you fail to set the
date at the beginning of each month, the system prints -BAD- in the creation date
column of each file created beyond the end-of-month. (Note that you can eliminate
-BAD- by using the RENAME/SETDATE command after you set the date.)
Options
/BEFORE[:date]
Prints only those files created before the specified date. If no date is specified,
the current system date is used. The following command prints all MAC files on
DU0: created before April 21, 1991:
.PRINT/BEFORE:21:APR:91 DU0:*.MAC
/COPIES:value
Prints more than one copy of the file. The meaningful range of values for the
decimal value argument is from 1 to 32 (1 is the default). The following command,
for example, prints three copies of the file REPORT.LST on the printer:
.PRINT/COPIES:3 REPORT
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