Use the NMS command SPOOLER with the parameter SHOW or the command SHOWDEV. This displays the status of the spooling process associated with the device(s) or class(es) specified. To display the status of all devices in class PP, enter:
The displays for SPOOLER ...;SHOW and SHOWDEV look different but they display some of the same information. SPOOLER ...;SHOW displays more information for spooling processes than SHOWDEV does.
The SPOOLER ...;SHOW field QSTATE matches the SHOWDEV field AVAIL.
The SPOOLER ...;SHOW field OWNERSHIP matches the SHOWDEV field OWNERSHIP.
If you use the SHOW parameter, the display shows the current state of the selected spooler(s) at the time the command executor completes processing the command. This means that the spooler(s) may be in a pending (have not completed requested operation) state rather than a requested state. If this is true, an asterisk (*) precedes the state of the process on the display.
