ASSOCIATE

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:

  ASSOCIATE TAPE