Mark Wilkinson ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: I'm trying to set up NPCONFIG.PUB.SYS for a client site in Brazil and I
: keep getting this error message from the NP Spooler process on the Console.
: I did a :showproc to prove that this process gives this message. All
: references to setup_file in npconfig ar OK and point at valid files. The
: spooler holds up fine but I keep getting this message across all NP
: Spooler'ed devices....

: 16:17/86/The last name component of the pathname does not exist in the
: directory
: .
: HP Directory message 1

: :showproc 86;system
: QPRI  CPUTIME   STATE  JOBNUM  PIN  (PROGRAM) STEP

: C152* 4:54.923  WAIT           86   (OUTSPTJ.PUB.SYS)
: :

: The message is a bit cryptic but implies a missing file or something
: -however- no FSERR 52?

The subject asks Anyone Seen this before?  To which I answer Yes -- as
recently as May 16 (my response has not even archived off the newsreader
yet, which is why I am able to reproduce it in full below), but on several
other occasions as well, when I have answered similarly.  Doing other
people's homework on this question is wearing pretty thin.  Maybe we should
make it a FAQ.  But for Mark's benefit (and in case someone else asks 21 days
from today), here is my response from May 16:

>[log in to unmask] wrote:
>: I added an HPJetDirect Print Server to our HP3000 917.  I setup the
>: printer in sysgen, and in the npconfig.pub.sys file, and I thought
>: everything was working fine.
>
>: However, everytime we print to that device; a message appears on the
>: console "The last name component of the pathname does not exist in the
>: directory.   HP Directory message 1"
>
>: I thought it might be the printer setup file might not exist, but the
>: files are accessed, and the output does reflect the page setup of the
>: printer setup file.
>
>: Does anyone know what would cause this?
>
>It's a bogus message.  Ignore it.  It is displayed at the end of every copy
>of every spool file.  It is caused by a change in a system service used by
>the spooler; the spooler itself is unchanged in this area.
>
>The problem is tracked in SR 5003328864, and patch MPEJX99 is available to
>correct it.
>
>-Larry "MPE/ix Spoolers 'R' Us" Byler-

-Larry "must be feeling grumpier than usual this morning" Byler-