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HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary

Deassigns a logical queue from a printer or terminal queue and stops the logical queue. The DEASSIGN/QUEUE command cannot be used with batch queues.

Requires manage (M) access to the queue.

Format

DEASSIGN/QUEUE logical-queue-name[:]

Parameter

logical-queue-name[:]

Specifies the name of the logical queue that you want to deassign from a specific printer or terminal queue.

Description

Once you enter the DEASSIGN/QUEUE command, the jobs in the logical queue remain pending until the queue is reassigned to another printer queue or device with the ASSIGN/QUEUE command.

Example

$ ASSIGN/QUEUE LPA0  ASTER
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   .
   .
$ DEASSIGN/QUEUE  ASTER
$ ASSIGN/MERGE LPB0  ASTER
      

The ASSIGN/QUEUE command in this example associates the logical queue ASTER with the print queue LPA0. Later, you deassign the logical queue with the DEASSIGN/QUEUE command. The ASSIGN/MERGE command reassigns the jobs from ASTER to the print queue LPB0.