RE: SAV/RST spool files function in OS/400

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Dave,

At 9/22/00 12:58 PM -0500, you wrote:
> But what happens if you are
> restoring from a different system and the job number is already in use by
> another job on the target system?  I don't think this SAV/RST spool
> file thing is gonna be very easy.  Other AS/400 objects are not
> attached to jobs but spool files are.


 For the most part, people are interested in the contents of the
spool file, not the ended job structure.  That would probably
satisfy 90%+ of the /400 population.  Now for the rest, the
originating job's attributes are available as information, probably in
the spool header (reference DSPSPLFA, or option 8 from WRKSPLF).

 I see no reason that that information can't be saved along w/ the
spool.  Maybe an additional command (or parm on the DSPJOB command)
could xref that info.

 -mark