Retrieving Spool File Name in RPG

[Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all

While assisting in a spool file distribution project I came across an 
interesting problem that someone here might be able to assist me with.

Basically the problem is that we have a distribution server program 
monitoring a dataqueue attached to an outqueue. The distribution program is 
driven by a combination of the USRDTA parameter on the spool file and the 
spool file name. All is well here, and the distribution program works fine.

While tossing about possible methods to set the USRDTA value of the spool 
files, the programmers responsible for the application programming stated 
that they did not feel it was productive to create a CL for every RPG that 
would need to set the USRDTA value and wanted to accomplish this from 
within the RPG program. This would avoid coding lots of CL's that merely 
passed parameter strings after doing an OVRPRTF. Perhaps this is a valid 
objection, perhaps it isn't. I'm not really able to influence their 
preference, in any event I figured that what they wanted to do ought to be 
easily accomplished from within the RPG with a bit of thought.

My initial thought was to use the INFDS to get the spool file details and 
the PSDS to get the job details and call a CL that would set the USRDTA 
using CHGSPLFA. This worked fine, except in one instance and this is the 
basis my question.

If the Spool file name is overriden in a CL prior to calling the RPG there 
appears to be no way of retrieving the spool file name into the RPG. The 
INFDS contains the name of the file being used not the overriden-to spool 
file name. Spool file name is, of course, required for the CHGSPLFA command.

I attempted to use the Retrieve File Override API but this returned all 
blanks either because the file is not considered overridden becuase only 
the spool file name is changed, or because I coded it incorrectly. It 
certainly looked OK and seemed to return the correct data.

Now, I realise I could use one of the Spool file API's retrieve a list of 
the spool files for the job and search for a spool file with a matching 
spool file number but this seums an unnecessary amount of work to go to. I 
would have thought that the information I want is relatively easily 
obtained from somewhere within the RPG.

Does anyone have any thoughts on how I would accomplish this ?

Regards
Evan Harris

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