I just did a test using InfoPrintServer.
CHGSPLFA PAGERANGE(Made the starting page the last page *END) SAVE(*YES)
I released the spoolfile
I received an email with the spoolfile attached as a PDF, last page only.
Paul
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Yeung
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 4:23 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Accessing a LARGE spool file
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
any chance that you could CPYSPLF to a PDF?
I would think we're not too concerned about precise formatting, and just want to get textual data. If that's the case, then my strong suspicion is that copying to a physical file (DB2 table) is the best bet; with the next best being to copy to a plain text IFS stream file.
I would avoid conversion to PDF, since that is more likely to run into size problems, which is the main thing we're trying to get away from.
I would also make it a priority to NOT generate such huge spooled files in the future! If this is a program we have control over, then it's getting rewritten right away (at least the output part). If it's a vendor program, then we're calling them tomorrow. If the vendor can't/won't change it, and it's so huge because of input that we are feeding to it, then the first order of business is feeding it smaller chunks. (And possibly finding a new vendor.)
This is really, truly, something that should never happen.
John Y.
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