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SP-DESC - Entering/Displaying a Print Job Description (Spooler) (m604903+spdesc.htm)

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SP-DESC - Entering/Displaying a Print Job Description

Sets or displays a description which is entered in the PRINT.JOB.CONTROL item when a job is created.

Syntax

SP-DESC{RIPTION} {description || ?}

Syntax Elements

description is the description applied to each print job spooled after SP-DESCRIPTION is executed. If no description is entered, the description attribute in the job control item is set to null.

The description may be surrounded by single or double quotes, but these are not mandatory. The maximum length of description, including quotes, is 250 characters.

? Means display the current description.

Comments

SP-DESC is a synonym for SP-DESCRIPTION.

The description is inserted into attribute 17 of each PRINT.JOB.CONTROL item.

The print job control data including the description field is displayed by executing SP-DETAIL.

Examples

To set the description to "Accounts Payable Job" and then display the text just entered on the screen, enter:

:SP-DESC Account Payable Job
:SP-DESC ?

This displays:

[487]  Current job description is 'Account Payable Job'

To clear the current description enter:

SP-DESC