IBM Professional Series User Manual

Now, the MYPRINT EXEC is good for printing five copies
of the file specified in the PRINT command. But what if you
want three copies, not five?
And what if you want a
different file printed? Do you have to write a different
EXEC for every file? No, you can make a few changes in
the MYPRINT
EXEC so that you can use it to print any
number of copies of any file.
Enter XEDIT MYPRINT EXEC and make the following
changes:
&TRACE OFF
CP SPOOL PRINT COPY &1
PRINT &2 &3
You changed the number of copies to &1, the filename to &2,
and the file type to &3.
These numbers preceded by an ampersand (&) are a signal to
the
EXEC processor that they will be replaced with values
that you type in. Now when you enter
MYPRINT, you will
also type real values that will replace
the &1, &2, and &3.
The first value you supply must be number of copies you
want printed, the second value must be the filename, and the
third value must be the filetype.
Let's see how this works.
Enter a FILE command. Then
enter a command like this, using the filename and file type of
one of your files:
myprint 3 workl file
The EXEC processor takes the values you type and assigns
them to
&1, &2, and &3, in that order.
This command
CP SPOOL PRINT COPY &1
PRINT &2 &3
Becomes this command
for this execution:
CP SPOOL PRINT COpy 3
PRINT WORKI FILE
You can use a different number and a different filename and
filetype each time you enter
MYPRINT. You must specify
these values in the order shown, because the first value you
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IBM Professional Series Specifications

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Brand	IBM
Model	Professional Series
Category	Software
Language	English