The sp-tapeout command retrieves (inputs)
reports previously spooled to magnetic media and directs output to
the spooler. The spooler redirects the file according to the options
currently specified in sp-assign.
Syntax
sp-tapeout {options}
Parameter(s)
| options |
a |
Converts EBCDIC format to ASCII format. |
| l |
Treats each tape record as a line, if the tape record length
is less than 140. This assumes the record is right-padded with spaces,
and without carriage return/line feed (CR/LF) sequences embedded in
them. Trailing right spaces are removed and a CR/LF sequence is inserted
at the end of each tape record. |
| u |
Converts all lowercase characters to uppercase. |
Example(s)
| sp-tapeout |
Spools the file (at the current location of the tape) to the
destination specified by the current sp-assign command. |
| sp-tapeout ua |
Reads the file (at the current location of the tape), converts
the data from EBCDIC to ASCII, converts all characters to uppercase,
and spools the file to the destination specified by the user’s sp-assign command. |