Re: How to print an IFS file from a batch pgm

[Dennis <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try:

cat /fbtest/BIL092423_(etc) | rfile -wbQ -c "ovrprtf qprint splfname(my_print)" qprint

(Of course, replace (etc).  I got lazy.)  (All of the above on one line.)
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fbocch2595@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi Folks, I tried Rfile and all I'd like to do is copy a file in the
> IFS file to a default printer file (similar to using cpyf of a PF to
> qprint) but when I use this command; 
>
> Rfile -r /fbtest/BIL092423_20111202_01_02_TEST.idx          I get this
> msg;
>
> Rfile: 001-2355 /fbtest/BIL092423_20111202_01_02_TEST.idx is not a
> device file or database member. 
>
> I tried using CPY but couldn't get that to work either.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fbocch2595 <fbocch2595@xxxxxxx>
> To: midrange-l <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tue, Dec 27, 2011 4:10 pm
> Subject: Re: How to print an IFS file from a batch pgm
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> i Scott, it's a .idx
> It looks like a text file when I view it. 
>
>
> ----Original Message-----
> rom: Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> o: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ent: Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:27 pm
> ubject: Re: How to print an IFS file from a batch pgm
>
> ello,
> Hi Folks, Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Happy Holidays!
> Anything new in V6R1 to do that?
> he ability to wish a merry christmas has been around since V2R1! :-)
> eriously, though...
> Shell's 'pr' utility doesn't print anything -- it just formats a text 
> le into pages with page numbers and headings.  You probably want 
> hell's 'Rfile' command, which can direct the output to a printer.  You 
> uld use that with 'pr' together to make a nice printout.
> ll of that assumes that your data is a text file.  Please do remember 
> at "IFS file" is very, very unspecific.  IFS includes out physical, 
> gical, and save files... not to mention that it includes stream files 
> rmatted as sounds, images, videos, and oodles of different document 
> rmats (Word, Excel, PDF, HTML, XML...  I'm just scratching the
> surface.)
> o it'd be helpful if you told us the specific type of file.  Saying 
> mething like "How do I print a text file?"  or "How do I print a PDF?" 
> at lets us give you much better answers without having to make 
> sumptions.
> ood luck
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