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Spool File Retrieval

Spool file retrieval extracts spool file contents for a particular job from an agent whenever requested by a scheduling manager.

The types of data that a scheduling manager requests are as follows:

Output File

Specifies the output file name when the scheduling manager submits a job to the agent. The agent creates this output file and stores the output, if any, of the executed job.

Error File

Specifies the error file name when the scheduling manager submits a job to the agent. The agent creates this error file and uses this file to store errors, if any, while the job is being executed.

Spool File

Specifies the location of the standard output file, standard error file, or both when the scheduling manager submits a job to the agent.

If a standard output or error file is omitted in the incoming job request, the spool file itself will be treated as the standard output or error file and the job's output or error, if any, will be redirected to the spool file.

Job Log File

Specifies the job information, for example, job status, job's process ID, standard stream locations, and user ID the job is executed under.