gayman@ARI-HQ1.ARPA ("%*Gayman, Beth") (10/23/86)
MAIL>PRINT ...
We are running VMS version 4.3 and 4.4 and within the MAIL utility we noticed
something kind of bothersome ... when you PRINT a mail message and EXIT from
Mail the output is sent to SYS$PRINT. Standard operation. Since you can't
initialize a generic print queue, (we tried it), with the /DEFAULT=(FLAG)
qualifier and a few others, the message ends up getting sent to a device
associated with the generic queue without a /FLAG qualifier and so the printed
Mail message has no flag page. This makes it difficult to distribute printouts
to users when there are lots of jobs to sort through. So ... we thought to try
setting the generic queue to /FLAG, Yeah, yeah it's not supposed to work
according to the the documentation, (VAX/VMS System Manager's Reference Manual
p. 9-44), which states:
The /DEFAULT, /FORM_MOUNTED, and /SEPARATE qualifiers are
not meaningful for generic output queues. Consequently, the
DCL commands INITIALIZE/QUEUE and START/QUEUE will reject
these qualifiers if /GENERIC is also specified. If the
attributes of an established generic output queue are
modified, these three qualifiers may be accepted. however,
they have no effect on the operation of the generic queue.
Ha! It's true that you can't initialize a generic queue with a /DEFAULT=(FLAG)
but you can set the queue "SET QUEUE/DEFAULT=(FLAG) SYS$PRINT" with the same and
it does take it and it DOES have an effect!!! Looking at the queue using SHOW
QUEUE/FULL SYS$PRINT does not show the /DEFAULT=(FLAG) but try printing from
mail or printing to SYS$PRINT - the flag page is there. Another
mis/un-documented feature ...
GAYMAN@ARI-HQ1.ARPA
Elizabeth Gayman
2121 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 274-8711
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