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Subject: Re: ostensibly identical spool files (Long)
From: "Brad Jensen" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:11:49 -0600
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> Bob
>      i see what you are thinking but its not specifically
anything to do with
> the CPYSPLF process.
>
> Its all to do with the fact that the spool data is held
differently on the as400
> depending on the source.
> An external printer file spool (AFAIK) holds its data at field
level for each
> line
> wheras the copy I made (using CPYSPLF) only had 1 field per
record.
>
> They looked the same on screen but printed differently.

Another thing is that the screen display of spool files on the
as/400 leaves out blank lines.

Brad Jensen
Laservault.com Spool and Image archiving for the 400

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