Display and print fix cover letters

How, when, and why to display and print fix cover letters.

Cover letters provide information about the fixes that they accompany. You can display them with iSeries™ Navigator or display and print them through the Display PTF Cover Letter (DSPPTFCVR) command.

Note: If you receive your fixes on media, you must copy the fix cover letters from media before you can display the cover letters. For instructions, see Copy fix cover letters from media.

Displaying cover letters from iSeries Navigator

To display a cover letter from iSeries Navigator, follow these steps:

In iSeries Navigator, expand Management Central.
Expand Endpoint Systems.
Expand the system for the fixes that you want to display cover letters for.
Expand Configuration and Service.
Expand Fixes Inventory.
Expand All Fixes.
Select the fixes and right-click. Select Cover Letter.

Displaying and printing cover letters from the character-based interface

To display or print cover letters for all fixes that are currently not applied on your system, enter one of the following commands:

```
DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(*ALL) SELECT(*NOTAPY)
```

DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(*ALL) SELECT(*NOTAPY) OUTPUT(*PRINT)

Note: You can also choose to view only cover letters that have certain attributes such as specifying CVRATR(*SPCINST) to view all cover letters that have special instructions.

To display or print a cover letter for a specific fix, enter one of the following commands:

DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(XXXXXXX) SELECT(ZZZZZZZ)

```
DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(XXXXXXX) SELECT(ZZZZZZZ) OUTPUT(*PRINT)
```
XXXXXXX is the licensed program number and ZZZZZZZ is the fix ID for the cover letter you want.