ORDER Use the ORDER command to spool files in a specific order by device type. The format of the ORDER command is: r , , , , ORDer I {Reader } I T?rinter I PUnch {
CLass c1 CLass C2 ••• } 1
spoolid1 spoolid2 ••• ,1A L
combination of CLASS and spoolid specifications may be entered.
J
READER
RDR PRINTER PRT PUNCH PCB specifies that the reader spool files are to be placed in
order.
specifies that the printer spool files are to be placed in
order.
specifies that the punch spool files are to be placed in
order. c1 CLASS c2 ••• are the class(es) to be rearranged and the sequence in which
they are to be processed. CLASS is a required reserved word
and c1, c2,... are one-character alphameric fields (with
values from A to Z and from 0 to 9) that represent spooling
classes.
spoolid1 spoolid2 ••• are the spool ids of the files to be rearranged and the sequence in which they are to be processed.
1. You may order only your own files.
2. Use the QUERY command to determine spool file attributes such as
class and spoolid for files you want to rearrange.
3. A combination of class and spoolid specifications can be used to rearcanqe files. For example:
order printer class A 1963 class C
specifies that printer files are queued in the following all
class A files, the file with spoolid 1963, all class: files, by any other printer spool files not specified in the
ORDER command line.
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ORDER 4. When duplicate spoolids are present, the ORDER command resequences
only the first duplicate spool file found. 5. The order terminal of voor spool files may change without warninq between
sessions if the system was restarted with a checkpoint
{
nnnn} FILES ORDERED NO the number of files that were placed in order. It is not displayel if you issued the CP SET IMSG OFF command.
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