Any Sample program in AS400 where we can redirect the output of a command to a file

Question

We have a requirement for monitoring setup.

Monitoring team says that if we can redirect the output of a command in AS400 to a logifle then they will be able to do the setup the monitoring alert.

I am new to AS400. Could anyone please let us know if there is any sample program which actually redirects the output of a command to a logfile.

Answer 1

Well, the broad answer is "it depends".

Most CL commands produce output in one or more of three methods. If a command allows more than one of these methods, it will have an OUTPUT() parameter. If your command allows OUTPUT(*outfile) which will write information to database physical file member as you specify in the OUTFILE() parameter, and optionally the OUTMBR() parameter. You can look up your command's syntax here. The output file formats for various commands is documented here. A few commands may allow output to go to a stream file in the IFS.

If a command has print output, but not an *outfile option, you may be able to:

• override the print file to a database file, before your command, by using

  OVRDBF

• or copy the spool file to a database file, after your command, by using the CPYSPLF command