z/VM: CP Commands and Utilities Reference - z/VM - IBM

Responses
In all cases, the original KEEP/NOKEEP status of the file is unchanged by the
CLOSE operation.
Likewise, the disposition of a spool file that is to be processed on a real unit
record device depends upon the resolution of HOLD, CONT, and KEEP status
as implied by the device using the SPOOL and CLOSE commands. If an
option is not specified on the CLOSE command, the option for the file is set
from the corresponding option value on the virtual device.
12. If you use the ASYNCHRONOUS option when you issue the CLOSE
command, CP will send a device end (DE) interrupt to the device affected
when the command completes.
13. The CLOSE TO command may not be used to direct files to the RDR queue of
a user with a password of NOLOG. CLOSE TO may be used to direct files to
the PRT and PUN queues of a user with a password of NOLOG.
Response 1:
{PRT} rdev {PRINTING} userid
{PUN} {PUNCHING}
FILE spoolid RECS {nnnn} COPY [*]nnn SEQ sss CL c typ
{nnnK}
{nnnM}
is the message you receive when the system begins processing a spool file with the
MSG attribute.
PRT
PUN
indicates the type of device on which the file is being processed.
rdev
identifies the real device number.
userid
identifies the user whose file was active.
FILE spoolid
identifies the unique, system-assigned spool ID number by which the system
refers to the file.
RECS nnnn
RECS nnnK
RECS nnnM
identifies the number of logical records in the spool file. If the number is greater
than 9999, the number is shown as nnnK, where K represents the number of
lines rounded to the nearest 1000 records. If the number is greater than
999499, the number is shown as nnnM, where M represents the number of
lines rounded to the nearest million.
COPY * nnn
identifies the remaining number of copies of the file to be created.
CLOSE
When the optional asterisk (*) is specified, the 3800 printer prints each page
from the spooled output files nnn times before going on to the next page.
If a file is not spooled to the 3800 printer, the function performed by specifying
the asterisk (*) is ignored, and duplication occurs normally.
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