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Seeking Print To File Symbiont?

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The Question is:

 
IS THERE A WAY IN WHICH I COULD CREATE A PRINT QUEUE TO SEND THE ENTRIES TO A
 DIRECTORY RATHER
THAN A PRINTER?   - THANKS
 

The Answer is :

 
  Yes, there are (customized) print symbionts available (various
  freeware packages) that can redirect queued print jobs to a
  file.  (Most of these simply replace the standard file output
  routine within the OpenVMS print symbiont -- this is the PSM$
  mechanism -- with a routine that writes to an output file.)
 
  Alternatively, create a stopped print queue, and periodically
  scan it (using $getqui) for filenames.
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 22-MAY-2001 )
     
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