RE: qprtjob

["Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter and Tim -

>The spool files in QPRTJOB normally originate from server jobs that swap of
>the user profile for the job to some other profile. While the profile is
>swapped OS/400 defaults to assigning any generated spool files to a QPRTJOB
>which in fact is not an active job but the spool files get mysteriously
>added to it anyway. To avoid this behaviour you merely perform the
>appropriate printer file override so that the owner of the spool file is
the
>user of the original job so that the spool file can be located as you would
>normally expect.
>eg OVRPRTF FILE(QSYSPRT) SPLFOWN(*JOB) OVRSCOPE(*JOB) 
 ...
>I have a program that generates a spool file. 
>
>The problem is this, the report is being placed in a job called qprtjob. 
>
>In the rpg, i have the infds setup, so I know the name, and file #, but I
>can't seem to track the correct  qprtjob#  This user has multiple qprtjob's
>so the list job api isn't going to get me the right one...

If you need to have the spooled file going to the different user profile so
that Peter's method cannot be used, there is a PTF that provides support to
find out the information about what job actually owns the spooled file.

V4R2 - SF61083
V4R3 - SF60837
V4R4 - SF61082
V4R5 - SF62350

With the PTF installed, you can set an environment variable to tell the
operating system to put an entry in a data queue for each spooled file
created in the job.  [This is a totally separate thing from a data queue
attached to an outq that receives an entry whenever a spooled file goes to
Ready in the outq.]  See the PTF cover letter for details including the
layout of the data queue entries.

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone in their right mind.

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