Re: OVRDBF FILE(QSYSPRT) Returning Error

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jason,

The output of WRKJOBSCDE is not meant to be put into a file or processed 
by a program.  While you'll doubtless learn that you can workaround this 
with CL's CPYSPLF or QShell's catsplf, it's still not recommended, 
because IBM does not consider printouts to be programmatic interfaces.

IBM works hard to keep software compatible from each release to the 
next, but they don't put any efforts to keep printouts in the same 
format.  If they change a printout, it'll break your software if you're 
processing the printout in a program.

The IBM-blessed way to read/process the job schedule entries in a 
program is the List Job Schedule Entries (QWCLSCDE) API.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/apis/qwclscde.htm



On 12/13/2010 9:05 AM, Jason Abreu wrote:
> My test code is as follows:
> PGM
>              CRTPF      FILE(QTEMP/TESTOVR) RCDLEN(132)
>              OVRDBF     FILE(QSYSPRT) TOFILE(QTEMP/TESTOVR)
>              WRKJOBSCDE OUTPUT(*PRINT)
> ENDPGM
>
> However, the job fails with:
> CPF9850 - Override of printer file QSYSPRT not allowed.
>
> Any ideas why this simple override is not working?