Re: SNDRCVF in a CL program

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott, I haven't ever tried this.  Do you leave the terminal on the 
signon screen?  Does it then magically pop up the display file?

On 9/29/2021 5:05 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> James,
>
> From a batch job, you can do:
>
> OVRDSPF FILE(myfile) DEV(xxx)
> SNDRCVF
>
> This will allow you to use the screen of an interactive job from a 
> batch job very quickly/easily.  (The interactive job cannot be signed 
> on at the time.)
>
> For this reason, commands like SNDRCVF are correctly allowed in *BPGM 
> (and *BMOD) environments.
>
> I realize that using a screen from a batch job is an unusual 
> requirement, but since it is possible, it'd be wrong for IBM to remove 
> the ability from the SNDRCVF command.