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Latest revision as of 06:22, 19 April 2023
A symbiont is a piece of software that transfers data to be printed to an output device. OpenVMS provides a standard print symbiont named PRTSMB which prints files on hardcopy devices. Other examples of symbionts include TELNETSYM, LATSYM, NULLSYM and others including user-written symbionts. Symbionts are stored as .EXE files in SYS$SYSTEM and are specified when creating a print queue.
List of OpenVMS Symbionts
Symbionts written for OpenVMS include:
Telnetsym is a modified version of an OpenVMS symbiont that understands IP and as such, it understands all of the standard OpenVMS symbiont functions. A telnetsym queue can be created from the DCL prompt. For TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS, V4.2 or lower, the symbiont name is UCX$TELNETSYM. For TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS, V5.0 or higher the symbiont name is TCPIP$TELNETSYM.
- LPR and LPD symbionts
- TCPware symbiont
