1.5+ million spooled files -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: 1.5+ million spooled files
From: Gavin Inman <midrangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:50:36 -0400
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I found out today that you CAN have over 1.5 Million spooled files in an output queue.
It takes awhile to delete them and even more time (hours) for the *SPLMAINT job to clear the space.
Learn something new everyday.
Gavin.

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