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  • API Corner: List Spooled Files From an Application

    August 3, 2005 Shannon O'Donnell

    The code for this article is available for download. Please note: the code has been changed since this story first ran. [Modified 09/08/05]

    In this article, I will show you how to use the QUSLSPL (List Spooled Files) Print API to display all the spooled files for the current user, from within an application. Why is this something you would want to do? The biggest reason I can think of is security. Most of the time, you would rather not have to grant your users access to a command line interface. However, to allow the users to view their

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  • Avoid Changed Default Values

    August 3, 2005 Hey, Ted

    After we upgraded to V5R3 from V5R2, the size of the logical files on our box appeared to have increased to 56 times their original size. The physical files had not grown any more than normal after day-to-day processing. After finally finding someone at IBM that knew something, we learned that IBM had changed the default value of the ACCPTH parameter of the Save Library (SAVLIB) command. This change caused the backups to take more space on the tape, leading us to believe that the size of the logical files had grown.

    Under V5R2, the default value was ACCPTH(*NO). Under

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  • Admin Alert: Making OS/400 Automatically FTP to Windows

    August 3, 2005 Joe Hertvik

    A recurring problem in OS/400 shops is how to use FTP to automatically transfer files between Windows and OS/400. In previous columns, I have provided procedures for automatically FTPing files between a Windows box and an AS/400, iSeries, or i5 box, where Windows controls the transfer. This week I’ll modify my previous procedures and explain how to set up an automated OS/400-to-Windows FTP session, with your OS/400 box controlling the transfer.

    While this article is complete in and off itself, it contains information I have published in earlier articles that are listed in the Related Stories section below, so check

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