Re: Printing from IFS to a Unix Box -- MIDRANGE-L




Scott:

Thanks for the input.  I have never used sockets before.  I need the luxury
of time to explore/learn/use it.  Is it easy to learn?  Can you give me a
lead to get some reading/reference material please?

You are right - the LPR only picks up input from a spoole file.... and
Qshell does not have what I need -- bummer

Rgds,
viji



                                                                                
                                                          
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> I have a requirement to create a print file on the iseries.   This has to
> be sent to a Unix box using the LPR command.  The problem is that the
data
> will exceed 378 characters and so the spoolfile will not do.
>
> The thought is to create a variable record length file on the IFS.

You mean a stream file, right?

> Now, can this file has to be sent to a print queue on a Unix box ? - The
> software is by ExStream.
>
> Is this possible from an AS400 CLP using Qshell commands? Is it possible
at
> all?

AFIAK, there's no lpr command in QShell.  LPR support is available in the
form of CL commands -- but they only act upon spooled files on the iSeries
side.

You could certainly write an HLL program that would do this.  I did it in
ILE RPG a few years ago using the sockets API because I had the same
requirements that you do.

> What with all the enhancements to Linux by IBM, I am hoping it is
> possible.... Has anyone done this before? Any help would be appreciated.

I'm not sure what this has to do with "enhancements to Linux"?  Linux has
ALWAYS had the capability to do this.

You have a rather unusual requirement here, because IBM expects LPR to be
used for printing, and expects that printouts will be spooled files on the
iSeries side.  They don't expect you to want to send a stream file! :)

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