RE: order of spooled files in outq

I think the answer is that while the printer file is opened.  No spool file 
exists until something is actually written out.

HTH,

Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Franz
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 4:42 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: order of spooled files in outq
> 
> 
> What is the order of spooled files in an outq, written by an RPG pgm? 
> If I have an RPG and use user control in F spec so that each 
> spooled file can be opened in the order I want them to print, 
> I am finding that sometimes the order in the outq is not the 
> same order I open the files? Is it doing something funky like 
> only truly opening the spooled file when something is actually output?
> 
> Jim Franz
> IBM Certified Specialist
> -- 
> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion 
> (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
> To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
> 
>