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- FSPOOL COMMAND DOCUMENTATION
-
- The FSPOOL command allows you to redirect output which would
- normally be sent to a parallel printer and store it in a disk
- file. This might be useful if you plan to later send the file
- over a modem to another computer for printing. FSPOOL is invoked
- as follows:
-
- FSPOOL <filename>
-
- Where <filename> is the file into which the print data is to be
- placed. The file need not exist, but if it does, it will be
- deleted and recreated. Once FSPOOL has been invoked for the first
- time the message:
-
- FSPOOL INSTALLED
-
- will appear and the command portion will exit, leaving behind a
- permanant printer interrupt handler built-in to DOS. Output
- directed to the printer will be directed to the file until an
- error occurs or the disk containing the file becomes full (in
- this case an error message will be displayed and the file is
- closed).
-
- At any time the user may stop the spooling process and redirect
- printer output to the printer by typing:
-
- FSPOOL
-
- with no filename. FSPOOL may be restarted at any time again as
- described above (but the permanent part remains resident even
- when it has been disabled).
-
- FSPOOL works with DOS 2.0 (other versions of DOS may work, but
- they have not been tested). It uses about 4K of memory once
- installed. Because of a DOS version dependent patch it is
- possible to use the PrtSc key with FSPOOL but this is sometimes a
- risky business! FSPOOL should work with most word processors just
- fine, however.
-
- This program is provided as is and no warrantee, expressed or
- implied, is made as to its usefulness for any intended purpose or
- its reliability. The author and the University of California are
- not liable for any loss resulting from the use of this program.
-
- Don D. Worth
- UCLA/OAC
- 1/11/84
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- Downloaded from the IBMPC special interest area of CompuServe,
- uploaded to PCanada by Bob Leigh, PC1022.
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- WARNING
-
- The proper sequence to use FSPOOL is:
- FSPOOL <filename>
- . . .
- Commands with prints to be redirected
- . . .
- FSPOOL.
-
- The second FSPOOL is necessary to write the last data in the
- RAM buffer to the disk and to close the disk file in an orderly
- manner.
-
- DO NOT USE <filename> in any way before you issue the second
- FSPOOL. If you do, you can confuse your entire disk.
-
- BE SURE TO ISSUE THE SECOND FSPOOL BEFORE YOU TURN OFF YOUR
- COMPUTER. If you don't, you almost surely will lose some data. I
- haven't tried not doing it, so I don't know what other bad things
- will happen.
-
- LP, 9/9/84