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From: howells@pioneer.arpa (John Howells)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: $ Delete/Queue ; help needed
Keywords: Print queue symbiont spooled device
Message-ID: <8915@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 17 May 88 17:25:05 GMT
References: <3107@charon.unm.edu>
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In article <3107@charon.unm.edu> sdowdy@charon.unm.edu (Stephen Dowdy) writes:
>Does anyone know of a way to *really* delete a print queue on a spooled
>device?
>
>Up to this point the only way i can get the queue deleted is by:
>	1) $ stop <queue>
>	2) pid = f$getdvi(<queue_device>,"PID")	! get symbiont PID
>	3) Stop/Id='pid'			! Kill the symbiont
>	4) Delete/Queue <queue>
>

I have always had good results with $STOP/QUE/RESET and then
$DELE/QUEUE <queue>.

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