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116 VM/370 Operator's Guide

ORDER Use the ORDER command to place closed spool files (of a specified device
type) in a different order. You may deter.ine via the QUERY co.mand the
filename, filetype, originating userid, and other attributes of all of your files. The format of the ORDER command is: ORDer I r , {Reader } {CLaSS c1 CLass C2 ••• } 1 I luseridl Printer spoolid1 spoolid2 1 I ISYSTEMI PUnch I L .J ' lSequencing may be done with the ORDER command using a coabination of "CLASS c" specifications and spoolid specifications. For exaaple ORDER PRINTER CLASS 1 1963 CLASS C
specifies that printer files will be processed in the following
order: all Class A files, the file with the spoolid 1963, all Class
C files. userid SYSTEM READER RDR PRINTER PRT PUNCH PCH CLASS c
spoolid
allows the spooling operator to manipulate the spool files for
a particular user.
allows the spooling operator to manipulate all spool in
the system, regardless of userid.
orders the reader files.
orders the printer files.
orders the punch files.
orders the files by their class. "c" specifies class
designations for input and output spool files. This
specification allows files to be placed in the order of
classes specified by CLASS c1, CLASS c2, and so forth. c is a
one-character alphameric field with values that extend from I to z and fro. 0 to 9.
processes the files in the order in which the spoolids are
given. FILES ORDERED is the response to the user who issued the ORDER command. Section 3. CP Commands 117