Introduction to the Spooler
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Spooler Components
Figure 12-1. How Spooler Components Interact
1. The
application
sends its output to the collector process.
2. The
collector
writes data to the disk and informs the supervisor that it has accepted a job.
3. The
supervisor
informs the print process where the job can be found on the disk.
4. The
print process
reads the job from disk and writes the job to the printer.
5.
Peruse
obtains the job information from the supervisor or lets you examine data on the disk.
6.
Spoolcom
permits system operators to modify the status of spooler components.
Spoolcom
Supervisor
Peruse
Application
Collector
Print
Process
Disk
Printer
4
1
2
3
4
2
5
5
6
Interprocess messages
Spooled data path
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