I think Bob is essentially correct, but we've found that the checkpoint
files don't always go away, so we've set up a daily script to purge the
orphaned checkpoint files (i.e., those without a corresponding file in
the .OUT.HPSPOOL group).

Lee Gunter          [log in to unmask]
HMO Oregon


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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] D####### GROUPS IN HPSPOOL
Author:  Bob Brown <[log in to unmask]> at ~INTERNET
Date:    12/16/96 10:16 AM


     I believe that these groups hold the spooler 'checkpoint' files.  You

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     Spooler checkpoint
     files disappear when the spool files disappear, which is why the

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Subject: D####### GROUPS IN HPSPOOL
Author:  Heath Boehm <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
Date:    12/13/1996 3:29 PM


I have many D#######.HPSPOOL groups on my 4.0 MPE box. Only two of them
have files in them and only one file for these two groups. What is the
purpose of these groups?