Action Code 12 Kill Printing and SP-KILL

Aborts permanently the printing of a job currently being despooled.

The job can be selected by specifying:

• Its job-id.
• The Despooler which is despooling it.
• The formqueue from which the job is being despooled.

Prompts

Job (J), Despooler (D), or Queue>

TCL Syntax

SP-KILL {job-file} job-id (J{F}

SP-KILL despooler-name (D

SP-KILL queue-name

Prompt/Syntax Elements

queue-name is the name of the formqueue containing the print job to kill.

despooler-name (Despooler)
is the name of the Despooler which is despooling the print job to kill.

job-id (Job) is the name of the print job to kill.

job-file specifies the job file to be used for the duration of the command execution. If you specify job-file you must also use the F option.

Options

D Defines the preceding parameter to be a Despooler name.

F Specifies that the first parameter after the verb is the required job file.

J Defines the preceding parameter to be a job name.

If no option is specified, the action is executed by formqueue.

Specified Job File

Only job-ids of print jobs in the currently specified job file are recognised and killed. The specified job file must be local.

You can specify job-file in the TCL command statement and at the SP-JOBS action code prompt. At the Job (J) prompt you enter the new specified job file name using the same syntax as at TCL, that is,

job-file job-id (JF

Comments

If you specify the Despooler or queuename, printing of the current print job is aborted and the job is deleted, unless the job is in a Hold file.

If you specify the job-id, printing of the job is stopped and the job is marked 'Killed', unless the job is in a Hold file.

Examples

Killing a Print Job by Specifying the Job-Id

To kill the print job ADMIN12, before it prints, enter:

SP-KILL ADMIN12 (J

Or alternatively, enter:

SP-JOBS

and select Action Code 12 on the Print Jobs screen.

At the next prompt, enter the job-id , as follows:

Job (J), Despooler (D), or Queue> ADMIN12 (J

Killing a Print Job by Specifying the Despooler

To kill the print job currently being despooled by PTR12, enter:

SP-STOP PTR12 (D

Or alternatively, enter:

SP-JOBS

and select Action Code 12 on the Print Jobs screen.

At the next prompt, enter the Despooler name , as follows:

Job (J), Despooler (D), or Queue> PTR12 (D

Killing Print Job by Specifying the Formqueue

To kill the print job being despooled from the formqueue STANDARD, enter:

SP-STOP STANDARD

Or alternatively, enter:

SP-JOBS

and select Action Code 12 on the Print Jobs screen.

At the next prompt, enter the formqueue name , as follows:

Job (J), Despooler (D), or Queue> STANDARD