If you can buy a product: VM:Spool, part of CA's suite of VM products works great to let authorized users read any reasonable spool file on the system.
If you cannot buy a product: You can use TRACK to look at the last buffer of an OPEN spool file. And you can use URLIST (I am not sure exactly which package it is from on the IBM Downloads page but I think it is from Kris Buelens) to look at a list of files owned by someone else. URLIST knows how to look at a file if you have VM:Spool, the B command in URLIST. I have changed URLIST at that point to borrow that spool file, look at it with SHOWFILE and then put it back in the user's queue. /Tom Kern David Logan wrote: > Sorry. It wasn’t intended to be a full description J Is there an easy > way to read the contents of the spool files? It looks like “CON” and > “PRT” may be particularly useful. > > > > In particular, is it possible to read spool files of other users? I can > do “RDRLIST” while logged on as MAINT, for example, and see spool files > of previous logons. Can I read MAINT spool files while logged on with my > own (operator) ID? > > > > I would like to see the TCPIP spool files too I think, without having to > logon as the TCPIP administration user. > > > > David Logan > > Manager of Product Development, *Pitney Bowes Business Insight* > > http://centrus.com <http://centrus.com/> > > W: (720) 564-3056 > > C: (303) 818-8222 > > > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] > *On Behalf Of *Mike Walter > *Sent:* Friday, December 19, 2008 21:24 > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* Re: Is there a usable XEDIT "FIND" ? > > > > Perhaps we could help better if you fully explained the input, and > desired output. > > Odds are that a Pipeline will do what you want. Lot easier and much > faster than Xedit macros. > > Mike Walter > Hewitt Associates > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ----- Original Message ----- > * From: *"David Logan" [loga3...@comcast.net] > * Sent: *12/19/2008 08:50 PM MST > * To: *ib...@listserv.uark.edu > * Subject: *Re: Is there a usable XEDIT "FIND" ? > > > > Yea, I’ve used it a little bit. Expertise with *nix probably helps there. > > > > So far, my biggest question is how to look at the stuff being written to > the various queues. I’ll find that too eventually, it just takes a lot > of manual digging. J > > > > David Logan > > Manager of Product Development, *Pitney Bowes Business Insight* > > http://centrus.com <http://centrus.com/> > > W: (720) 564-3056 > > C: (303) 818-8222 > > > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] > *On Behalf Of *Mike Walter > *Sent:* Friday, December 19, 2008 20:12 > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* Re: Is there a usable XEDIT "FIND" ? > > > > No sweat, we've all been there - done that. > > Wait until you start trying to wrap your head around the 'Pipethink' > needed to successfully and productively (amazingly productively) use CMS > Pipelines! > > Mike Walter > Hewitt Associates > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ----- Original Message ----- > * From: *"David Logan" [loga3...@comcast.net] > * Sent: *12/19/2008 08:07 PM MST > * To: *ib...@listserv.uark.edu > * Subject: *Re: Is there a usable XEDIT "FIND" ? > > > > Hmmm, I looked at “LOCATE” in the manual, and it wasn’t immediately > obvious that it would work. Apologies for the excess email! > > > > David Logan > > Manager of Product Development, *Pitney Bowes Business Insight* > > http://centrus.com <http://centrus.com/> > > W: (720) 564-3056 > > C: (303) 818-8222 > > > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] > *On Behalf Of *Marty Zimelis > *Sent:* Friday, December 19, 2008 19:46 > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* Re: Is there a usable XEDIT "FIND" ? > > > > Try the Locate subcommand. And welcome to the fold. > > > > Marty > > ____________________ > Martin Zimelis > Principal > maz/Consultancy > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On Behalf Of *David Logan > *Sent:* Friday, December 19, 2008 9:42 PM > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* Is there a usable XEDIT "FIND" ? > > OK, I finally figured out why I could never find anything in XEDIT. > The text must be at the start of the line. > > > > Hmmm…I am **sure** I am the first person to ask this question, > but…umm…how would I do a normal find, so that I can find any text in > any part of any line? 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