topic Re: Null Print Que in Operating System - OpenVMS

Null Print Que

Jack Trachtman — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:48:36 GMT

What's the easiest way to create a print
que that will accept and discard all input?
I've tried creating a que with the null device
(NL: or NLA: or NLA0:) but I get device err
msgs when I try starting the que. Thanks.

Re: Null Print Que

David B Sneddon — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:11:22 GMT

Jack,

There is a package DBS-NULLSYMBIONT on the V5 Freeware CD.
I find this does the job...

Dave

Re: Null Print Que

John Gillings — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:08:18 GMT

Jack,

The attachment is a MACRO32 program which implements a null symbiont. I've confirmed that it operates correctly on VAX, Alpha and IA64.

Download the attachment, RENAME it to NULLSYMB.MAR and follow the instructions in the comments.

Re: Null Print Que

Robert Atkinson — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:17:43 GMT

Jack, easiest way is this :-

$ INIT NULLQUE /QUE /FORM=DEFAULT /AUTO=(ALPHA::TTA0:,BETA::TTA0:) /START /DEFAULT=(NOFEED,FORM=DEFAULT) /OWNER=SYSTEM /PR
OT=(W:RSMD) /SCHED=NOSIZE

Re: Null Print Que

Robert Atkinson — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:20:23 GMT

By the way - this was discussed in http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=71506

Rob.

Re: Null Print Que

Jack Trachtman — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:13:31 GMT

This is what I need - thanks all.

Robert - how did you find that older
thread? My search came up with no hits.

Re: Null Print Que

Robert Atkinson — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 02:58:35 GMT

I'd already posted to it, so knew it was there...somewhere!!

I've already asked the ITRC moderators if they can improve the search facility and at least add the name of the forum to the results.

Rob.

Re: Null Print Que

Art Wiens — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:37:51 GMT

Wow! One of my suggestions from a previous post was recommended! And I didn't even get points for it back then.

See, the points don't matter :-)

Cheers,
Art

Re: Null Print Que

Jack Trachtman — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:18:07 GMT

Thanks all