Re: CPYSPLF - but don't know the spooled file number

["bryan dietz" <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe using the Retrieve Identity of Last Spooled File Created (QSPRILSP)
API  will work for you.


There is a nice writeup about it here with examples:

http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/article.cfm?id=20533
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/apis/QSPRILSP.htm


Bryan



On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Don Cavaiani <dcavaiani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I run a menu step which is a CLP I created and which CALLS  an
> Outside_Print_Package_Program (CLP & RPG) for which I have no SOURCE CODE.
>
> The program which loads up requests options, and may then be run
> interactively or in batch.
>
> I would prefer this to run in batch all the time, but then I need to
> CPYSPLF the printer spooled output file and do some further processing.  I
> want to automatically retrieve and fill in the required CPYSPLF command
> options, but I don't think I will know or have access to the "spooled file
> number" (unless I manually look it up) when the job is submitted to batch.
>  Is that correct?  Am I missing something simple here?
>
> TIA
> Don
>
> Don F. Cavaiani
> IT Manager
> Amerequip Corp.
> 920-894-7063
>
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