RE: OVRDBF FILE(QSYSPRT) Returning Error

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Au contraire!   I do this all the time.

But there are rules that need to be followed.  (See prior posts.)

Dennis Lovelady
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> 1. You CANNOT over ride a printer file to a database file, period.
>
> --
> Chris Bipes
> Director of Information Services
> CrossCheck, Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Jason Abreu
> > <jason.abreu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > > My test code is as follows:
> > > PGM
> > >             CRTPF      FILE(QTEMP/TESTOVR) RCDLEN(132)
> > >             OVRDBF     FILE(QSYSPRT) TOFILE(QTEMP/TESTOVR)
> > >             WRKJOBSCDE OUTPUT(*PRINT)
> > > ENDPGM
> > >
> > > However, the job fails with:
> > > CPF9850 - Override of printer file QSYSPRT not allowed.
> > >
> > > Any ideas why this simple override is not working?
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