Destination of File Manager print output
Any File Manager print output that you produce in a batch job is sent to SYSPRINT by default.
Sections of the output can be directed instead to the following ddnames:
- FMNROPT
- File Manager active options
- FMNRPRM
- $$FILEM command parameters and return codes
- FMNRPRC
- REXX procedure statements read from SYSIN
- FMNREPT
- Command reports and return codes
- FMNRSUM
- TALLY summary report
If FMNPRINT is present in the JCL, it is used instead of SYSPRINT.
- SYSPRINT
- Output is sent to the current SYSPRINT allocation.
- SYSOUT=c
- Output is accumulated in the data set specified by the PRINTDSN
parameter of the SET function.
To browse your print output online, use Print Browse (option 3.9). This option is a shortcut to browsing the data set specified by the PRINTDSN parameter. To go to the Print Browse panel directly from any other File Manager panel, enter
PB
on the Command line. For information about using the Print Browse panel, see Printing from File Manager. - TERMINAL
- Output is sent to the terminal.
- REXX
- Output is written to a REXX stem variable. Each line of output
corresponds to a variable named FILEM.nnn.
FILEM.0 contains a line count.
After your first printing operation, lines of output are written in variables FILEM.1 to FILEM.n, and FILEM.0 has the value n. The next printing operation begins with FILEM.n+1.