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- SPOOL COMMAND DOCUMENTATION
-
- The SPOOL 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.
- SPOOL is invoked as follows:
-
- SPOOL <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
- SPOOL has been invoked for the first time the message:
-
- SPOOL 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:
-
- SPOOL
-
- with no filename. SPOOL may be restarted at any time again as described above
- (but the permanent part remains resident even when it has been disabled).
-
- SPOOL 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 SPOOL but
- this is sometimes a risky business! SPOOL 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
-