Function
Specifies the number of pages that require repeating on a line printer after a restart.
Format
PAGES UNITperipheral description,NUMBERnumber
Forbidden contexts
NOT OPERATOR
Execution
If an error restart occurs while a file is being listed on the line
printer the system request:
PLEASE GIVE PAGES FOR ERROR RESTART ON UNIT
peripheral description
is output. The operator then uses the PAGES command.
The UNIT peripheral description is checked to ensure that there is an extant request for an error restart with that peripheral description. The NUMBER number is checked against the value of the installation parameter IPAGE at the time the LISTFILE command was issued. An error message will be output if the number is too large to indicate the maximum permitted value. If the number of pages listed is less than number the maximum possible number of pages will be repeated. If the value of IPAGE is 1 or the number of pages listed is 1 no system request will be output and one page will be repeated.
If CANTDO is typed instead of PAGES a default value of 1 page will be assumed.
Any error in the PAGES command causes the command to be ignored and any outstanding requests for pages will continue to be repeated until either a correct PAGES command or a CANTDO command has been issued for each request.
Example
PA U14,N3
Error Messages
UNIT PARAMETER MISSING
NUMBER PARAMETER MISSING
THERE IS NO EXTANT REQUEST FOR A RESTART WITH THIS UNIT NUMBER
THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED NUMBER IS z