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:
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ASSOCIATE
ASSOCIATE TAPE
Related Information
Commands
Manuals
DISASSOCIATE
Performing System Operation Tasks
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