Re: How to check if an output queue is used?

[Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>]

We delete all spool files over 90 days old. No exceptions.

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If I remember how we did a cleanup, not only of OUTQs, but also of
the printers they connected to, we did a WRKOUTQ *ALL *PRINT at 1
month intervals, then compared the lists (copied to database files,
of course).  This let us see which queues never changed, even if
there was something in the queue.

After twisting several arms, the queues that never changed were
archived, then deleted.

--Paul E Musselman
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At 5:28 PM +0000 5/28/21, Rob Berendt wrote:
> We have a lot of old output queues.
> I realize that some are there to hold stuff and may never print, or
> may be moved to a printer when/if they want to print it.
> But basically, if it has not had any files in it in the last (xx)
> days, is there any reason to keep the output queue?
> How do you tell if the output queue has had any files in it in the
> last (xx) days?  It may be empty now.
>
> Rob Berendt
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