Re: Spool files that won't delete

This worked for me; I have had a job on my system since May with two spool
files with a status of FIN .  Using the instruction outlined below I was
able to get rid of the job.




See this all the time.  You must delete all spool files associated with the
job before they'll go away.  Did ALL spool files associated with the job
have a status of FIN?  Was the status of the job OUTQ or what?  If all
spool files had a status of FIN and the status of the job was OUTQ that
would be odd indeed.

There are a few jobs that are bizarre.  When you do a SNDNETSPLF from one
400 to another, (it works differently than from two users on the same 400)
you'll see these spool files showing up under a QPRTJOB job.  This job will
not end, even if you individually delete all spool files associated with
the job and IPL the system.  The status may say OUTQ but trust me, it will
still generate more spool files.  If you do another SNDNETSPLF after the
IPL they'll still show up under the same number/user/jobname.  To end this
job you'll have to do an ENDJOB JOB(number/user/jobname) DLTSPLF(*YES), no
IPL required.  At one time we freed up some substantial disk space by doing
this ENDJOB.  But we use an automated task that does a lot of SNDNETSPLF.




Gary_Lehman@mail.mchcp.org on 08/31/98 02:07:16 PM
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Subject:  Spool files that won't delete

Hello,

I have seen this strange occurrence and wondered if anyone has either.  Has
anyone ever deleted spool files from a submitted job, but when you do that
the spool files still remain as FIN.  Meaning they are finished, but I
can't
get rid of the job entry when I do a WRKSBMJOB and the spool files show up
as FIN.  I can't do anything with them because even the system says they
don't exist yet they still show as finished.  How can I get rid of these?

Thanks
Gary Lehman
Programmer Analyst II
Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan


Michael Kenney
University of Windsor
Windsor  ON   N9B 3P4
Canada
(519)253-3000 extension  2754
KENNEY@UWINDSOR.CA


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