Null Print Que

[Jack Trachtman]

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.

[David B Sneddon]

Jack,

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

Dave

[John Gillings · Accepted solution]

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.

[Robert Atkinson]

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

[Robert Atkinson]

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

Rob.

[Jack Trachtman]

This is what I need - thanks all.

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

[Robert Atkinson]

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.

[Art Wiens]

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

[Jack Trachtman]

Thanks all