RE: Spool file number

On Tuesday, September 08, 1998 9:19 AM, Saunders, Martin P 
[SMTP:Martin.Saunders@capgemini.co.uk] wrote:
> Is there any way to retrieve the file number of a particular spool file
> from the spool file attributes in a CL program?  This is the number
> which appears on the top right of the screen when you display spool file
> attributes.

When phrased in just this way, I'd say "with great difficulty."
The file number is one of the "keys" that distinguishes one spooled file 
from any other.  Without knowing that number, you can't point to a 
particular spooled file.  This sounds like you're either looking to pick 
from a list, or that you want to do something to the most recent spooled 
file generated (say from an RPG program.) If this is the case, check out 
the SPLNBR(*LAST) parameter/keyword that's available on the xxxSPLF 
commands.  This'll let you write a CL program like:

OVRPRTF QSYSPRT HOLD(*YES)
CALL rpgpgm   /* Create QSYSPRT output */
CPYSPLF FILE(QSYSPRT) TOFILE(QTEMP/PRTCPY) JOB(*) SPLNBR(*LAST)
DLTSPLF FILE(QSYSPRT) JOB(*) SPLNBR(*LAST)

If you need to pick from a list, look into the QUSLSPL API.
hth,

Buck Calabro
Commsoft, Albany, NY
mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net

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