NBSpool for MPE Reference Guide

Chapter 3
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Parameter Description
REPEAT
This parameter causes the string to be repeated across the full width of the spool
file.
range
This parameter specifies the range of lines to be merged. If this parameter is not
specified, all lines will be merged. Range is expressed as one of the following:
ALL
Selects all lines in the spool file.
@
Selects all lines in the spool file.
line
Line designator. A line is one of the following:
line#
A positive integer specifying a particular line in the file. The
first line in a spool file is line
0
.
FIRST
The first line in the spool file.
LAST
The last line in the spool file.
/line
Causes a range of lines to be listed. Must be equal to or greater
than the first specified line.
outpri
This parameter specifies the new priority of all successfully merged spool files.
Spool files not merged will not be changed.
PURGE
This parameter purges all successfully merged spool files.
MERGE Examples
In the following example, all files named
OFFLINE
are merged into a disk file.
O> MERGE OFFLINE;FILE=BIGFILE
In the following example, all
$STDLIST
s are merged together into a new spool file, suppressing the
form feed between each file.
O> :FILE ALLLISTS;DEV=LP
O> MERGE $;FILE=*ALLLISTS;NOPAGE
In the following example, all files created by
JOE,MGR.MVS
are merged and delimited with the
string
“Howdy”
.
O> MERGE JOB.MGR.MVS;FILE=LPFILE;DELIM=”Howdy”