Displays information about queue characteristics defined for the system. A characteristic is a user-defined attribute of a batch or output queue, such as ink color.

Format

SHOW QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS

[characteristic-name]

Parameter

characteristic-name

Specifies the name of a characteristic. The asterisk (*) and the percent sign (%) wildcard characters are allowed. The default value for the characteristic-name parameter is the asterisk wildcard (*). Thus, information about all characteristics is displayed when you do not specify a characteristic name.

You create a characteristic name with the DEFINE/CHARACTERISTIC command. You can then assign it to a queue by using the INITIALIZE/QUEUE, the SET QUEUE, or the START/QUEUE command with the /CHARACTERISTICS qualifier. You can also specify characteristics for a job by using the /CHARACTERISTICS qualifier with the PRINT, the SUBMIT, or the SET ENTRY command.

Description

The SHOW QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS command displays the characteristic name and number of characteristics defined for the system. To see which characteristics are associated with a particular queue, use the SHOW QUEUE command with the /FULL qualifier.

Qualifier

/OUTPUT[=filespec]

/NOOUTPUT

Controls where the output of the command is sent. By default the output of the SHOW QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS command is sent to the current SYS$OUTPUT device (usually your terminal). To send the output to a file, use the /OUTPUT qualifier followed by a file specification.

The file specification may not include any wildcard characters. If you enter a partial file specification (for example, specifying only a directory), SHOW is the default file name and .LIS is the default file type.

If you enter the /NOOUTPUT qualifier, output is suppressed.

Examples

$ SHOW QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS
Characteristic name                  Number
-------------------                  ------
BLUEINK                                   6
BROWNINK                                 25
COLOR_CHART                               1
REDINK                                    0
TEXMAC_JOB                                2
      

The SHOW QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS command in this example displays all the characteristics that have been defined for this system.

$ SHOW QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS *INK
Characteristic name                  Number
-------------------                  ------
BLUEINK                                   6
BROWNINK                                 25
REDINK                                    0
      

The SHOW QUEUE/CHARACTERISTICS command in this example displays the name and number of all characteristics that end with INK.