VECTOR 4 USER'S
MANUAL
VECTOR 4 CP/M RESIDENT
COMMANDS
FORMAT:
BSPL d:fRename [RETURN] (must
be
ufn)
EXAMPLE
A>BSPL
D:BECORD,SPL [RETURN]
RESULT:
A
blank
file
called
RECORD.SPL will
be
opened on the disk. Now,
the
next
time you run a program which would normally send output
to
the
printer,
that
output
would
be
sent
to
this file. (To
quit
sending output
to
the
spooler file,
see the
ESPL command, below.)
After
the
command is
entered,
one of
the
following messages will display on
the
terminal giving
the
status
of
the
spooler: -
SPOOLER ACTIVATED spooler has been successfully
activated
SPOOLER ALREADY
ACTIVE
spooler
has already been
activated
and is
ready
Fn.E
EXISTS
Dm
FULL
spooler is trying
to
work with an existing spooled file
no
room
left
in directory
n.LEGAL
Fn.ENAMEfilename
specified
has
illegal
characters
in
the
entry.
The
ESPL
Command
The
ESPL
(end spooler) command will close
the
spooled file and
deactivate
the
spooler. The spooler will
not
close
after
a warm
boot,
it
will
remain
open;
therefore,
this
command must
be
executed when the user no longer wants the
printer information
to
go
to
the
spooler file.
After
the
command
is
entered,
one
of
the
following messages will display on the terminal giving
the
status
of
the end-spooler attempt:
FORMAT:
ESPL [RETURN]
EXAMPLE:
~~
ESPL [RETURN]
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