DSPSPLF (Display Spooled File)
DSPSPLF Command syntax diagram
Purpose
The Display Spooled File (DSPSPLF) command shows the data records in the specified spooled file. The current contents of the file (data records) can be displayed for spooled files which do not contain ASCII data.The display provides various functions to show the file and to scan for a specific character string.
Required Parameters
- FILE
- Specifies the name of the spooled file whose records are to be displayed.
Optional Parameters
- JOB
- Specifies the qualified name of the job and consists of as many as three elements. For example:
- job-name
- user-name/job-name
- job-number/user-name/job-name
*N may be used in place of the user-name element to maintain position in the sequence. More information on this parameter is in commonly used parameters.
*: The job that issued this DSPSPLF command is the job that created the spooled file.
job-name: Specify the name of the job that created the spooled file.
user-name: Specify the name of the user of the job that created the spooled file.
job-number: Specify the number of the job that created the spooled file.
- SPLNBR
- Specifies the number of the job's spooled file that is being displayed. More information on this parameter is in commonly used parameters.
*ONLY: One spooled file from the job has the specified file name. The number of the spooled file is not necessary. If *ONLY is specified and more than one spooled file has the specified file name, a message is sent.
*LAST: The highest-numbered spooled file with the specified file name is displayed.
*ANY: The spooled file number is not used to determine which spooled file is used. Use this value when the job system name parameter or the spooled file creation date and time parameter is to take precedence over the spooled file number when selecting a spooled file.>
spooled-file-number: Specify the number of the spooled file having the specified file name whose data records are displayed.
JOBSYSNAME
- Specifies the name of the system where the job that create the spooled file (JOB parameter) ran. This parameter is considered after the job name, user name, job number, spooled file name, and spooled file number parameter requirements have been met.
*ONLY: There is one spooled file with the specified job name, user name, job number, spooled file name, spooled file number, and spooled file creation date and time.
*CURRENT: The spooled file created on the current system with the specified job name, user name, job number, spooled file name, spooled file number, and creation date and time is used.
*ANY: The job system name is not used to determine which spooled file is used. Use this value when the spooled file creation date and time parameter is to take precedence over the job system name when selecting a spooled file.
system name: Specify the name of the system where the job that created the spooled file ran.
- CRTDATE
- Specifies the date and time the spooled file was created. This parameter is considered after the job name, user name, job number, spooled file name, spooled file number, and job system name parameter requirements have been met.
*ONLY: There is one spooled file with the specified job name, user name, job number, spooled file name, spooled file number, and job system name.
*LAST: The spooled file with the latest creation date and time of the specified job name, user name, job number, spooled file name, spooled file number, and job system name is used.
Element 1: Date spooled file was created
date: Specify the date the spooled file was created.
Element 2: Time spooled file was created
*ONLY: There is one spooled file with the specified job name, user name, job number, spooled file name, spooled file number, job system name, and spooled file creation date.
*LAST: The spooled file with the latest creation time of the specified job name, user name, job number, spooled file name, spooled file number, job system name, and spooled file creation date is used.
time: Specify the time the spooled file was created.
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- FOLD
- Specifies whether the records in the first display are folded if they are longer than the length of the display line.
*NO: The records are not folded. When the length of the record is longer than one line, the remaining positions of the record are not shown.
*YES: The first display shows the first record folded on one or more display lines if it is longer than one line.
Example for DSPSPLF
DSPSPLF FILE(QPRINT) JOB(PAYROLL01) SPLNBR(4) FOLD(*NO)In this example, the spooled file QPRINT is displayed. The file is the fourth file produced by the job PAYROLL01. The record positions that are longer than the length of the display line are truncated on the first display.
Error messages for DSPSPLF
*ESCAPE Messages
- CPF2207
- Not authorized to use object &1 in library &3 type *&2.
- CPF3303
- File &1 not found in job &5/&4/&3.
- CPF3308
- Error occurred when trying to display data.
- CPF3309
- No files named &1 are active.
- CPF3330
- Necessary resource not available.
- CPF3340
- More than one file with specified name found in job &5/&4/&3.
- CPF3342
- Job &5/&4/&3 not found.
- CPF3343
- Duplicate job names found.
- CPF3344
- File &1 number &2 no longer in the system.
- CPF3359
- Not able to display data.
- CPF3386
- File &1 in &2 not a data base file.
- CPF3387
- Cannot display data in file &1 in &2.
- CPF3394
- Cannot convert spooled file data.
- CPF33F9
- Error occurred while displaying file &1 number &2.
- CPF3427
- Job &5/&4/&3 not interactive job.
- CPF3428
- DSPSPLF command ended for file &1 number &2.
- CPF3429
- File &1 number &2 cannot be displayed, copied, or sent.
- CPF3434
- Data in file &1 in &2 member &3 not in required format.
- CPF3435
- Requested data not found in file &1 in &2 member &3.
- CPF3478
- File &1 not found in job &5/&4/&3 on output queue &6 in library &7.
- CPF3492
- Not authorized to spooled file.
- CPF7D41
- Error occurred while logging order assistance request.
- CPF7D42
- Error occurred while performing database operation.
- CPF9812
- File &1 in library &2 not found.
- CPF9815
- Member &5 file &2 in library &3 not found.
- CPF9845
- Error occurred while opening file &1.
- CPF9846
- Error while processing file &1 in library &2.
- CPF9871
- Error occurred while processing.