Having been an AS/400 administrator for a number of years, the newer version of the aforementioned PC Support is now called Client Access. However, there's a better way to do this - hold the printer queue, then run whatever job that generates the spool file. Before you release the queue, use the command cpysplf then hit f4. There are a number of options to take, but you are looking to copy this to a regular flat file in whatever library. Once this is in a file format, you can ftp to the 400 and grab the flat file, and then do whatever you want to it. Sorry for being vague - it's been a couple of years since I've even signed on to a 400.
Barry Willett -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Frank Bax Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 12:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: AS/400 data At 12:35 PM 10/15/02, Mark wrote: >On Tuesday 15 October 2002 06:50 am, Richard is done writ: > > > I've been given a little challenge by my boss which I'm kinda hoping > > one of you kinda people can help me with. We need to capture some > > data from a AS/400 system held centrally. The data can only be > > exported by way of a print job from the AS/400 which prints it > > through a server not > controlled by > > us to a jet direct print server using port 9100 instead of the > > traditional LPR/LPD Mechanism. I need to find a way to substitute a > > pc for the print server so the jobs can be dumped to a text file on > > the hard disk of the machine. ><snip> >Seems to me that you ought to be able to write it to a disk file, and >then transfer it over your network. I've only done a tiny bit of CL, >but I should think that you could reroute the o/p to a file. > >Now, keep in mind that the only time I worked with an AS/400 was >1987-8, but you might also dig into the manuals, and see if they've >added some stuff that was part of CICS...pcsup...can't remember, but it >wasn't too hard to write a CICS app, no screen, that would accept >access from the pc, and select a bunch of data on the fly, and d/l it. > > mark You mixing mainframes here - CICS was part of MVS systems, I don't think it was available on the AS/400 - I think you started to say PC-Support - the AS/400 terminal emulation software that provides several options for getting data from AS/400 to PC; including: - interactive file transfer, - AS/400 can be PC network file server, - interactive query tool that generates SQL. Just have the print job directed to a print queue for which no real printer exists. Then go look in the appropriate library on the AS/400 and download the report file. I seem to remember it being that simple (1992-3 for me). Or, configure PC-Support to be the printer the AS/400 wants and then do not actually have a printer on that port (say LPT3, for example) - your PC will then have the file in a spool directory somewhere. Frank -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
