Re: Accessing a LARGE spool file

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

any chance that you could CPYSPLF to a PDF?

I would think we're not too concerned about precise formatting, and
just want to get textual data. If that's the case, then my strong
suspicion is that copying to a physical file (DB2 table) is the best
bet; with the next best being to copy to a plain text IFS stream file.
I would avoid conversion to PDF, since that is more likely to run into
size problems, which is the main thing we're trying to get away from.

I would also make it a priority to NOT generate such huge spooled
files in the future! If this is a program we have control over, then
it's getting rewritten right away (at least the output part). If it's
a vendor program, then we're calling them tomorrow. If the vendor
can't/won't change it, and it's so huge because of input that we are
feeding to it, then the first order of business is feeding it smaller
chunks. (And possibly finding a new vendor.)

This is really, truly, something that should never happen.

John Y.