RE: Trying to read a Spool file

If the spool file is *user ascii then it cannot be copied or displayed.  You
need a special tool to do it and I do not remember what it is...

Gregory A. Garner
 
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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Banerjee, Amitava
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:34 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Trying to read a Spool file

Hi 
I am trying to read a spool file in RPG. Before RPG, I have written a CL
program where I am creating a physical file (YYYY) by CRTPF and then
doing CPYSPLF the spool to this physical file. And then reading the
physical file in RPG.

The CPYSPLF command:

CPYSPLF FILE(XXXX) TOFILE(LIBR01/YYYY) JOB(417971/USR01/JOB01)
CTLCHAR(*PRTCTL)



But in CL, when doing CPYSPLF, I am getting an error message "File XXXX
number 6 cannot be displayed, copied, or sent". And the error code is 5.
Below is the description of the error:

    5 - The file has a page definition specified.

Recovery  . . . :   If the data format (DTAFMT) parameter is specified
as
  *RCDDATA on the Send Network Spooled File (SNDNETSPLF) command, try

  specifying *ALLDATA as the value for the DTAFMT parameter.


I have tried other CTLCHAR parameter values, but I am getting the same
problem.

Please help.


Thank you,
Amitava
 
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