Summary of spooling writer commands

 

There are many commands that you can use to control spooling writers.

• Start Diskette Writer (STRDKTWTR): Starts a spooling writer to a specified diskette device to process spooled files on that device.

• Start Printer Writer (STRPRTWTR): Starts a spooling writer to a specified printer device to process spooled files on that device.

• Start Remote Writer (STRRMTWTR): Starts a spooling writer that sends spooled files from an output queue to a remote server.

• Change Writer (CHGWTR): Allows you to change some writer attributes, such as form type, number of file separator pages, or output queue attributes.

• Hold Writer (HLDWTR): Stops a writer at the end of a record, at the end of a spooled file, or at the end of a page.

• Release Writer (RLSWTR): Releases a previously held writer for additional processing.

• End Writer (ENDWTR): Ends a spooling writer and makes the associated output device available to the server.

You can define some functions to provide additional spooling support. Example source and documentation for the commands, files, and programs for these functions are part of library QUSRTOOL, which is an optionally installed part of i5/OS^®.

 

Parent topic:

Spooled files

Related concepts
Output spooling Output queues and spooled files Default server output queues Spooling writers Input spooling Summary of job input commands Considerations for opening inline data files

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Using an inline data file