RE: Help with QUSLSPL

Walt,

You are aware that you will not be able to work directly on the data
in a spool file I hope.

You can copy the data to a User Space or PF, and work on it there.
But it will not change the "spool file".

It is a minor point, but could be a very significant point. 

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: c400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:c400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Fles
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 3:39 PM
> To: C programming iSeries / AS400
> Subject: Re: [C400-L] Help with QUSLSPL
> 
> Scott,
> I found an API example on the IBM web site that I am going to try
and 
> work through.
> 
> Basically Id like to take a job pid, find the actual job
information, 
> and find the associated spooled file(s).
> Once I have that information Id like to work with the data in the 
> spooled files.
> 
> Scott Klement wrote:
> 
> >Hi Walt,
> >
> >  
> >
> >>are there any code examples of how to use QUSLSPL, to obtain a
file
> >>handle to the spooled output,
> >>so I can open it, read the data, and then close the spooled file?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >QUSLSPL does not return a file handle to anything, it just 
> gives a list of
> >spooled files.
> >
> >It's analogous to opendir/readdir/closedir, except that 
> instead of reading
> >files in a filesystem, it reads spooled files.  (Which are 
> not stored in
> >the standard filesystem like they would be in Unix-like 
> operating systems)
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I know how to use the open/close APIs but it's just a 
> matter of finding
> >>the output files.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Yes, that's what QUSLSPL does...  it lists the spooled files that
are
> >available.
> >
> >Then you use the "Open Spooled File (QSPOPNSP)", "Get Spooled
> >File Data (QSPGETSP)"  and "Close Spooled File (QSPCLOSP)" 
> APIs to read
> >the contents of the spooled file itself.
> >
> >I'm unclear of which API you want an example of?  In the 
> first paragraph,
> >you wanted an example of using QUSLSPL to get a file handle, 
> which it does
> >not do.  In the second example, you state that you already 
> know how to
> >open/read/close a spooled file, which means you already know 
> how to get a
> >handle to it?
> >
> >So what are you looking for?
> >
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