FREE Use the FREE com.and to remove a set of spool files belonging to a
specified user from a system hold status. A spool file held by a
spooling operator can only be freed by a spooling operator; a spool
file held by a user can be freed by that user or the spooling operator.
A spool file can be in a double hold status and can only be processed
after both holds (system and user) are removed.
with the HOLD command. It can
a hold status. The hold status
The FREE command works in conjunction
free only those output files that are in
of a file is its pending status; that
called for spooling output. Use HOLD to
files temporarily to correct or modify a
files from spooled output severely impacts
is, it is neither purged nor
detain a file or a group of
spooling condition. Blocking
available spooling area.
A particular file may be held from output because of a device
restriction, an I/O error on the printer or punch, or a device
modification. (For example, a printer may not be available, or it may
have an incorrect print train mounted.) When the condition is
corrected, the files can then be released for output. The format of the
FREE command is: t I I I FRee I I userid PRINTER PRT PUNCH PCH ALL
None.
use rid r , IPrinterl IPUnch I 11LL I L J is the user whose spool files are to be released from a syste.
hold status. The·user need not be legged on, but his files may have previously been held by the HOLD command. frees the printer files for the specified user.
frees the punch files for the specified user.
frees all printer and punch files for the specified user.
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HALT Use the HALT command to attempt to terminate any active channel program
on a specified real device. VK/370 attempts to reset status by issuing
a Reset Immediate command. The format of the HALT command is:
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HALT I raddr I raddr is the address (cuu) of the real device that the system operator wishes to stop. 1. This command should be used only in extreme cases and after careful
consideration. Indiscriminate use of this command may cause
unpredictable results.
2. This co.mand does not
Controller being run in co.mand. affect the 3704 or 3705 NCP or PEP mode. See the Communications class A NETWORK 3. Por device addresses that have multiple I/O paths defined by the VK/370 system generation process, the HALT raddr command causes a BIO to be issued on only that specified path. DEVICE HALTED
indicates that VK/370 has reset status and halted the device.
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