1 11/13/81  runoff_abs, rfa
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 3 Syntax:  rfa paths {-rf_args} {-dp_args} {-control_args}
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 6 Function: submits an absentee request to process text segments using the runoff
 7 command.
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10 Arguments:
11 paths
12    are the pathnames of segments to be processed by runoff.
13 rf_args
14    are control arguments accepted by the runoff command.
15 dp_args
16    are control arguments (except -delete and -indent) accepted by the
17    dprint command.
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20 Control arguments:
21 -queue N, -q N
22    is the priority queue of the request.  The default queue is defined
23    by the system administrator.  See the Notes for a description of the
24    interaction with the dprinting of output files.
25 -hold
26    do not dprint or delete any output files.
27 -output_file path, -of path
28    put absentee output in segment path.
29 -limit N, -li N
30    specifies time limit in seconds for the absentee job.
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33 Notes:
34 Control arguments and paths can be mixed freely and can appear anywhere
35 on the command line after the command.
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37 Unpredictable results can occur if two absentee requests are submitted
38 that simultaneously attempt to compile the same segment or write into
39 the same absout segment.
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41 If the -indent control argument is given to this command, it is
42 interpreted as the runoff control argument; not as the dprint control
43 argument.
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46 If the -queue control argument is not specified, the request is
47 submitted into the default absentee priority queue defined by the site
48 and, if requested, the output files will be dprinted in the default
49 queue of the request type specified on the command line.  (If no
50 request type is specified, the "printer" request type is used.)
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52 If the -queue control argument is specified, and, if requested, the
53 output files will be dprinted in the same queue as is used for the
54 absentee request.  If the request type specified for dprinting does not
55 have that queue, the highest numbered queue available for the request
56 type is used and a warning is issued.