Comments on: Change spool file status from RDY to SAV by API http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/change-spool-file-status-from-rdy-to-sav-by-api/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:10:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/change-spool-file-status-from-rdy-to-sav-by-api/#comment-78142 tomliotta Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:18:31 +0000 #comment-78142 Typo correction…

…though it is not as direct as an API or command.

Tom

]]> By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/change-spool-file-status-from-rdy-to-sav-by-api/#comment-78109 tomliotta Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:22:49 +0000 #comment-78109 You could cause the status to be set to SAV without actually involving a printer, though it is as direct as an API or command.

  1. Create *OUTQ SAVER. Define it as a remote *OUTQ with the remote system set the same as your local system and remote printer queue as DELETER.
  2. Create *OUTQ DELETER.
  3. Make sure your LPR/LPD server is running.
  4. STRRMTWTR SAVER
  5. CHGSPLFA … OUTQ(SAVER) SAVE(*YES)
  6. The spooled file would then be processed by the “remote writer” and the status would become SAV.
  7. A copy of the spooled file would appear in DELETER — you can delete it. (You could have a *DTAQ associated with it to delete everything automatically.)

From then on, all you need to do is move spooled files to SAVER after setting SAVE(*YES). And once they have status SAV, you can change their OUTQ() attribute back to where they came from.

Tom

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