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Command Definitions A-B
ASSOCIATE
ASSOCIATE
Gives a user operator control of a device class.
Syntax
ASSOCIATE devclass
Parameters
devclass The name of a logical device class configured with SYSGEN.
Operation Notes
This command links a device class, such as LP, to an individual user on the system. The
user may then execute any valid operator command for a device in the device class and
receive the status messages for the devices in that device class on $STDLIST. For example,
a remote printer may be associated with a terminal, so that messages concerning the
printer go to the terminal, not the system console.
Before a user can be associated, the system manager must run a utility program (the
version of ASOCTBL.PUB.SYS that matches your operating system) in order to create a
device class/user association table. This table defines which users may be associated with
which device classes. At any given time, only one user may be associated with a given
device class. If the device belongs in several device classes, only one of those device classes
may be associated.
The operator commands, which may be made available to users through the ASSOCIATE
command, are:
ABORTIO OUTFENCE
ACCEPT REFUSE
ALTSPOOLFILE REPLY
DELETESPOOLFILE RESUMESPOOL
DISCRPS SHUTQ
DOWN SPOOLER
DOWNLOAD STARTSPOOL
FORMSALIGN STOPSPOOL
HEADOFF SUSPENDSPOOL
HEADON UP
OPENQ
Both the system supervisor and the user may DISASSOCIATE a user from a device. In
addition, a user implicitly disassociates a device when logging off.
Use
This command may be issued from a session, program, or in BREAK. It may not be used
from a job. Pressing
Break has no effect on this command.
Example
To be the controller of the device class TAPE, enter:
