Chris Bartram writes: > Mohan (and group!); > > I'd first like to add my appreciation for the opportunity to provide > feedback on this potential feature. I've been one of the backers of this > enhancement for quite a while, and would like to throw in my $.02 in hopes > that it might provide another viewpoint and perhaps something to think > about. It sure does. Thanks Chris. > Currently input spoolfiles are kept in IN.HPSPOOL (aka /HPSPOOL/IN). How > about simply(?) using HFS and allowing the creation of a hierarchy of > directories under /HPSPOOL/IN denoting additional input queues, perhaps > something like: > > /HPSPOOL/IN {contains default input spoolfiles as today} > /HPSPOOL/IN/01MAINTQ {contains input spoolfiles in MAINTQ queue} > /HPSPOOL/IN/01PAYROLLQ{ditto PAYROLLQ queue} > /HPSPOOL/IN/06DEV {ditto DEV queue} > /HPSPOOL/IN/08LOWPRI {ditto LOWPRI queue} I don't know if there will be any issues with the input spooler if we change it this way. Will have to consider. Good suggestion, nevertheless. But I didn't understand how those two digits came in ? Do they signify some relative priority among the queues or something ? > I like the idea of replacing the IN-dev in the showjob display with the > queue name, though it would have to be a non-default format since I'm sure > there are a lot of programs/command files depending on the showjob format > now. I also like the idea of a default queue for a user.account, but the > order of precedance should be: > <default queue based on user.account in !job card> > <jobq= parm on !job card> > <jobq= parm on :STREAM command> > <:ALTJOB ;jobq= specified by OP/SM> Ok, another vote for "best-of-both-worlds" approach. Thanks for responding. mohan -- ============================================================================ Mohan Das K S email: [log in to unmask] HP India Software Centre Phone: 91-80-225-1554 x218 29, Cunningham Road Telnet: 408-847-1026 Bangalore - 560 001 INDIA Voice Mail: 408-447-4329 ============================================================================