Re: File PC to a AS/400 spool file????

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How about creating a new printer file, or one you already have, that is set up
for a different output queue?  That should work fine.  The printer file QSYSPRT
was just given as an example, since we know everyone has that printer file.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Joel Fritz wrote:

> That's pretty cool, and considerably less complicated than I thought any one
> step solution would be.  Borderline elegant.
>
> Any thoughts on controlling the outq?
>
> I just tried:
>
> ftp> quote rcmd ovrprtf file(qsysprt) outq(jeftst/jef)
> 250 Command ovrprtf file(qsysprt) outq(jeftst/jef) successful.
>
> and the print file still went to outq qsysprt.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Klement [mailto:klemscot@klements.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 11:26 AM
> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: File PC to a AS/400 spool file????
>
> This will work for printing a file from a PC via FTP:
>
> ftp as400
> Name (as400:klemscot): klemscot
> 331 Enter password.
> Password:
> 230 KLEMSCOT logged on.
> ftp> cd qsys
> 250 Current library changed to QSYS.
> ftp> ascii
> 200 Representation type is ASCII nonprint.
> ftp> put myfile.txt qsysprt
> local: myfile.txt remote: qsysprt
> 200 PORT subcommand request successful.
> 150 Sending file to member QSYSPRT in library QSYS.
> 250 File transfer completed successfully.
> 4240 bytes sent in 0.49 seconds (8.49 KB/s)
> ftp> quit
> 221 QUIT subcommand received.
>
> I just tried it, and it worked for me :)
>
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Joel Fritz wrote:
>
> > The simple minded way (the direction I usually choose) is to upload the
> file
> > to a data base file using ftp, client access, or whatever's available, and
> > then doing a CPYF FROMFILE(XXX) TOFILE(*PRINT).  You can also substitute
> the
> > name of a print file in the tofile parm.  There's probably something a
> > little more sophisticated that will do it in one step.
> >
>
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