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  2.                                    QUEUE.LBR                                  
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  4.              Size (recs) CRC   Version    Author/Latest Issue      Disk
  5.               12k (92)   07C5  1.0        Dreas Nielsen            Z3UTIL4
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  7.   1- Usage  2- Limitations  3- QUEUE.LBR Files                                
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  11.    QUEUE.LB╥á contain≤ severa∞ ALIASe≤ anΣ ZE╪ file≤ whicΦ allo≈ buildinτ oµ ß ì
  12. 'queueº oµ filename≤ whicΦ caε theε bσ accesseΣ anΣ processeΣ iε ß variet∙á oµ ì
  13. ways«á  Thσá proces≤ i≤ ver∙ simila≥ t∩ 'taggingº file≤ witΦ VFILE╥ o≥á SWEEP¼ ì
  14. bu⌠á ß mucΦ greate≥ rangσ oµ action≤ caε bσ performeΣ oε thσ file≤ thaε eithe≥ ì
  15. oµ thesσ utilitie≤ allows«  
  16. :1
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  18.  
  19. Usage:
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  21.    T∩ usσ QUEUE¼ one'≤ systeφ mus⌠ suppor⌠ ß shel∞ stacδ allowinτ a⌠ leas⌠ tw∩ ì
  22. entries¼á VFILER.COM¼á SH.COM¼á SH.VAR¼ ZEX.COM¼ IF.COM¼ GOTO.COM¼ anΣ RE╟ anΣ ì
  23. ER┴á (eithe≥ RCP-residen⌠ o≥ transient)«á  Thσ followinτ arσá als∩á desirable║ì
  24. ALIAS.COM¼áá SHCTRL.COM¼áá SHDEFINE.COM¼á anΣá ECH╧á (eithe≥á RCP-residen⌠á o≥ ì
  25. transient).
  26.  
  27.    Thσá systeφ i≤ controlleΣ froφ VMENU¼á usinτ MENU.VMN«á  Thσ ordinar∙á (anΣ ì
  28. recommended⌐á entr∙á poin⌠á i≤á viß Q.COM¼á whicΦ doe≤á somσá housekeepinτá iε ì
  29. preparatioεá fo≥á runninτ thσ system¼á theε invoke≤á VMENU«á  Froφá thσá VMEN╒ ì
  30. display¼ onσ caε adΣ t∩ thσ queue¼ erasσ thσ queue¼ vie≈ thσ queue¼ o≥ perforφ ì
  31. certaiε 'applicationº operation≤ oε it.
  32. :2
  33. Limitations
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  35.    Variable Length -
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  37. Becausσá thσá variablσá file≤ useΣ b∙ SH¼á SHVAR¼á anΣá SHDEFIN┼á caεá contaiε ì
  38. variablσá name≤á oµ n∩ morσ thaε ╕ characters¼á i⌠ i≤ impossiblσ t∩á storσá aε ì
  39. entirσ filename«á  Onl∙ thσ firs⌠ eigh⌠ character≤ arσ storeΣ -- thσ exten⌠ i≤ ì
  40. lost«á  A≤ ß consequence¼ onσ canno⌠ pu⌠ iε thσ queuσ tw∩ differen⌠ file≤ witΦ ì
  41. thσ samσ name¼ bu⌠ differen⌠ extents«  No≥ caε onσ pu⌠ thσ samσ namσ iε twice«
  42. Iµ thσ proces≤ t∩ bσ performeΣ require≤ tha⌠ thσ name≤ havσ extents¼á theε thσ ì
  43. ZE╪á filσá fo≥ tha⌠ applicatioε wil∞ havσ t∩ suppl∙ thσ extent≤ iεá somσá way«ì
  44. Thσ comment≤ anΣ codσ iε QTYPE.ZE╪ anΣ DOMULT.ZE╪ contaiε example≤ oε ho≈ thi≤ ì
  45. caε bσ handled.
  46.  
  47.    Speed - 
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  49. Becausσ accessinτ thσ queuσ involve≤ manipulatinτ file≤ oε disk¼ addinτ ß filσ ì
  50. t∩á thσá queuσ i≤ no⌠ comparablσ (iε speed⌐ t∩ tagginτ ß filσ witΦá VFILE╥á o≥ ì
  51. SWEEP«á  Thσ speeΣ differencσ won'⌠ bσ baΣ oε ß RAMdisδ o≥ harΣ disk¼ bu⌠ oε ß ì
  52. floppy-baseΣá system¼á therσá wil∞á bσ ß wai⌠ oµ severa∞ second≤á beforσá eacΦ ì
  53. operatioε i≤ completed.
  54. :3
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  56. QUEUE.LBR files:
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  58. Q       .COM      -  entry alias
  59. QSPECIAL.COM      - 
  60. ADDQ    .ZEX      -
  61. MENU    .VMN      -
  62. QVIEW   .ZEX      -
  63. QTYPE   .ZEX      -
  64. QM80    .ZEX      -
  65. QRUN    .ZEX      -
  66. DOMULT  .ZEX      -
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