SYSOUT Printing Services function

Purpose

To provide facilities for the printing of output using JES2 SYSOUT services.

Function identifier

SPS

Description of usage

DCS Alerts can be printed using JES2 SYSOUT. If your installation is using SYSOUT Printing Services (SPS), a collection of SYSOUT characteristics is defined and named using the SPS DEFINE initialization statement or command.

To define a set of SYSOUT characteristics

This command creates an SPS definition with the name LIBRARY. Output sent to LIBRARY is printed using JES2 SYSOUT class L. Additional keywords of the SPS DEFINE command can be used to control formatting and other SYSOUT characteristics such as forms.

To change or remove an SPS definition

You cannot change an existing SPS definition directly. To change the characteristics of an SPS definition, you must first remove the existing definition:

This command removes the existing definition LIBRARY, so that you can enter a new definition using SPS DEFINE. Note that you can remove definitions regardless of whether they were created using a command or an initialization statement.

To display an SPS definition

This command displays a complete list of the characteristics defined by the SPS name LIBRARY.

To list a summary of all SPS definitions

SPS command summary