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- QSTAT.EXE
- 1/10/91
-
- This is a simple, straight-forward utility to provide information about a Print
- Queue's status without the layers of menu and memory usage of PConsole. It is
- not interactive in any way, simply a command to provide the same type of
- information that PConsole does about a Queue's current job entries. I wrote
- this utility in Turbo Pascal 5.5, using the Novell System Calls for DOS
- reference manuals. The current version of Systems Calls for DOS does not
- document the calls that PServer uses, primarily in regard to Printer Status and
- Form Mounted, so QSTAT can't provide this information at present.
-
- To Use:
-
- At any workstation, type QSTAT and the name of a Print Queue on the current
- default server. The jobs are displayed in the order they were placed in the
- Queue, not necessarily the order they will be printed in if someone uses
- PConsole to resequence the Queue.
-
- Typing QSTAT with no arguments will display the same information about all of
- the queues that you are currently capturing to, provided all of the queues exist
- on the current default server.
-
- Qstat is small enough to run from the DOS shell of most application programs, so
- users can now get print queue status information from within their application,
- rather than exiting, loading PConsole and navigating the menus. I hope you find
- it of some use!
-
- Jay Seaman
- 76424,2625