RE: remote 520 questions (more)

And, saving as text is very easily done. Many moons ago I wrote a spool file archive utility proof-of-concept using some Client Access (probably PC/Support 400 at that time) API's that converted spool files to text, brought them down to an optical jukebox attached to a PC, and could then bring the text file back and convert to a spool file and display it.


Also copied 10's of thousands of spool files to text and saved on CD's when a prior employer was too cheap to pay for (in those days) microfiche. It was *only* time & attendance and payroll reports that we needed to keep for 7 years - V4 or early V5 as I recall - no spool file save and running low on disk. The GM at the time said "Too much money - sometimes you just have to take a chance - get rid of them". He wouldn't pay for disk either. Guess I was more responsible than him - I saved them - besides, who do you think would have been thrown under the bus if they were needed and had been deleted?


Assuming they are SCS spool files, you can save a LOT of them on a CD or DVD if the users are adamant - or, in my case at the time, if you have a PHB.

Roger Harman

COMMON Certified Application Developer – ILE RPG on IBM i on Power

OCEAN User Group – Vice-President, Membership (2014)

Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:11:08 -0500
Subject: Re: remote 520 questions (more)
From: gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Buck Calabro wrote:

1) Is PDF mandatory? Can it be text? CPYSPLF will create (ugly but
readable) text files. A little massaging will convert them into nicer
text files.

A bonus of this approach: Text files are extremely compressible,
which further helps with conserving DASD.

John
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