topic Re: Print job problems in Operating System - OpenVMS

Print job problems

Mrityunjoy Kundu — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:05:51 GMT

when we use print command without using any qualifier ,the print job should redirects to sys$print.But in our case ,when we use print command without any qualifier ,the print jobs goes to any defined que,how could i redirects those print jobs to sys$print.

Re: Print job problems

Karl Rohwedder — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:53:45 GMT

Pls. check, if a logical name SYS$PRINT exists, e.g. $ SHOW LOGICAL SYS$PRINT.
And also check, if PRINT is redefined e.g. as PRINT="PRINT/QUE=..." (SHOW SYMBOL PRINT).

regards kalle

Re: Print job problems

John Abbott_2 — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:57:08 GMT

You might want to issue a $ sh sym p* to check all possibilities.

Perhaps sys$print is a generic queue pointing to several physical queues ?

Regards,
John.

Re: Print job problems

Jan van den Ende — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:26:03 GMT

kundu,

John wrote:

>>>
You might want to issue a $ sh sym p* to check all possibilities.
<<<

yes, but be sure to do that FROM THE ACCOUNTS that are causing problems, as such symbols are process-specific.

hth

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

Re: Print job problems

Willem Grooters — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:03:03 GMT

Do as suggested by others.

My impression from your entry is that SYS$PRINT is a generic queue referring to a number of executiion queues, as it seems rather "random" on what device the output actually appears.

If you _know_ the queue you are to use for printing, specify that queue in a proces- local PRINT command:

$ print :== print/queue=

(You van use another symbol for that, like "Myprint")

or:

$ define/job SYS$PRINT

That will bypass SYS$PRINT - for that user only.