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Command Definitions S-SO
SHOWOUT
JOB= Displays the status of output device files using one of the following options:
@J Displays the status of output device files for all jobs.
@S Displays the status of output device files for all sessions.
@ Displays the output device files for all jobs and sessions.
[#]Jnnn Displays all output device files for specified job.
[#]Snnn Displays the status of all output device files for a specified
session.
ACTIVE, OPENED, READY, or LOCKED
Displays status of all output files in the specified state. An ACTIVE file is
one that is currently being produced on your printer or plotter. Only one
output spoolfile can be ACTIVE at any one time. OPENED files are those
being accessed by a program. A spoolfile will be OPENED when a spooler
process is writing the file to disk; during that time, however, the file is not
ready to be printed. READY files are completely spooled and ready to be
output. A LOCKED file is READY but cannot be accessed until the system
relinquishes its exclusive use of the file.
READY files may include one of the following:
N Displays the status of nondeferred READY device files.
D Displays the status of deferred READY device files.
Operation Notes
This command displays the status information for one or more currently defined output
device files. The information reflects the status at the time the command is entered and
always appears on the standard list device. Two types of spooling queues are maintained
in MPE/iX, one output queue for each logical device configured on the system and one
additional queue for all device classes. Within each queue, files are linked according to the
following parameters and listed in descending order of importance by output priority,
device class, and rank. If the priorities are equal, the spooler alternates between queues.
Information about all spoolfiles on the system is available only from the console.
Information about spoolfiles created in a specific job or session is available during that job
or session only.
To list information about an individual output device file, you may specify its device file
identifier (DFID) in the SHOWOUT command:
SHOWOUT #O26
DEV/CL DFID JOBNUM FNAME STATE FRM SPACE RANK PRI #C
EPOC #O26 #J242 $STDLIST READY 36 D 1 1
OUTFENCE = 6
The information provided in this format is defined as follows:
COLUMN MEANING
DEV/CL Logical device number or device class name of the device.