Re: CPYSPLF to Database File surprise

[david.kahn@xxxxxxxxxx]

Evan Harris <spanner@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

>this was precisely my reaction. However when we did it again, it behaved
>the same way, hence my post. Buck and a few others have clarified the
>behaviour for me, I was just surprised, because "traditionally" I have
>always expected to have to do a CPYSPLF to get printed output into a flat
>file.

OK Evan, I'm convinced. In fact I now remember News 34/38 as it then was
printing an article showing you how to create a physical file to mimic a
printer file so that you could add OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) functionality to an
IBM-supplied command that had only OUTPUT(*PRINT). I'm sorry I doubted your
operator, but then I doubt everybody, especially myself. :-)

Dave Kahn, ABB Steward Ltd.


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