Re: Delete all but latest spool file member

Dean

Just a wild stab here.

Maybe an OVRPRTF doesn't work, because the QPJOBLOG is already open.

If that is true, maybe use a job description or SBMJOB parameter that turns off logging, then do a DSPJOBLOG OUTPUT(*PRINT) after your OVRPRTF.

Or delete the job log, then do the OVR, then DSPJOBLOG.

I know - this feels really messy. But maybe??

HTH
Vern

On 2/27/2013 2:52 PM, Dean Eshleman wrote:

Jeff,

Unfortunately, that method doesn't improve on our current purge process. I would like to control the expiration date at the job level. For a monthly job I would set it to 90 days. For a job that runs every 2 weeks I would set it to 42 days in order to keep a couple copies around.

Dean Eshleman
Software Development Architect

Everence Financial
1110 North Main Street
PO Box 483
Goshen, IN 46527
Phone: (574) 533-9515 x3528
www.everence.com<http://www.everence.com>

On 2/27/2013 3:28 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:

Dean,

I would think it would work for QPJOBLOG.

Try this:

CHGPRTF FILE(QPJOBLOG) EXPDATE(*DAYS) DAYS(14)

which will keep _every_ QPJOBLOG on the system for 14 days. Since you're
changing an IBM supplied object, remember that a release update or possibly
a PTF could change it back to EXPDATE(*NONE). To remedy that, have a job
scheduler job run every night that sets the print file QPJOBLOG to whatever
you want.



On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Dean Eshleman
<Dean.Eshleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Jeff,

Reviving an old thread here.

Does this method work for job logs? I would like to keep the last couple
of job logs for each production job around. Right now, we keep job logs
for 2 weeks and then they are purged. This doesn't work very well for jobs
that run less frequently than every week.

I tried doing a OVRPRTF EXPDATE(*DAYS) DAYS(10) on QPJOBLOG within the
job, but that didn't work. I tried with the Override scope set to *JOB and
*ACTGRPDFN. The expiration date on the job log was blank in both cases.
Any ideas on how to get this to work for job logs?

Dean Eshleman
Software Development Architect

Everence Financial
1110 North Main Street
PO Box 483
Goshen, IN 46527
Phone: (574) 533-9515 x3528
www.everence.com<http://www.everence.com>

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