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Mrityunjoy Kundu
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Print job problems

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.
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Karl Rohwedder
Honored Contributor

Re: Print job problems

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
John Abbott_2
Esteemed Contributor

Re: Print job problems

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.
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Jan van den Ende
Honored Contributor

Re: Print job problems

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.

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Willem Grooters
Honored Contributor

Re: Print job problems

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.

Willem Grooters
OpenVMS Developer & System Manager