RE: saving spool files

Buck,

No, it hasn't.  The APIs are fine if all you want to do is duplicate a
spooled file.  Saving them could be rough.  That is some wacky information
returned to the user space.

Bradley V. Stone

-----Original Message-----
From: Buck Calabro/commsoft [mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 8:05 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: saving spool files


On 03/01/99 12:12:54 PM Billy Rowe  wrote:

>Yes, you can backup spool files, either by writing your own utiltity to
>do it
>or using the one in QUSRTOOLs or buying one like for example SOQ(Save
>Output Queue) from Generic Software Inc.(www.genericsoftware.com).

The last time I looked at the spooled file APIs, the one needed to save APF 
data was a real bear to work with.  Has that changed for the better?

Buck Calabro
CommSoft, Albany, NY
mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net
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