Re: [C400-L] Help with QUSLSPL

[Walt Fles <wfles@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No I mean more like read data from it in, send the data to another 
machine via a socket, but not
change the file other than possible delete it.

Thanks!

Bob Crothers wrote:

> 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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