The Receive Technical Information Exchange File (RCVTIEF) command allows you to receive files transmitted from the remote support network.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
LIB	Library	Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB	Required, Positional 1
TYPE	File type	*ALL, *OTHER, *SAVF	Optional
OUTPUT	Output	*NONE, *PRINT	Optional
MAXRCDS	Maximum records	Integer, 10000, *NOMAX	Optional

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Library (LIB)

Specifies the name and library where the files are stored.

This is a required parameter.

The possible library values are:

*LIBL

The library list is used to locate the database file.

*CURLIB

The current library for the job is used to locate the database file. If no library is specified as the current library for the job, QGPL is used.

library-name

Specify the name of the library where the database file is located.

File type (TYPE)

Specifies the types of files that are received.

*ALL

All available files are received.

*OTHER

Files with unspecified contents are received.

*SAVF

Save files are received.

Output (OUTPUT)

Specifies whether the output from the command is displayed at the requesting work station or printed with the job's spooled output.

*NONE

The list of received files is not printed.

*PRINT

The output is printed with the job's spooled output.

Maximum records (MAXRCDS)

Specifies the maximum size (number of records) of any file that can be received. If one or more files exceeds the maximum size, no files are received.

10000

The maximum size of file that can be received is 10000 records.

*NOMAX

The system maximum of 500000 records is used.

number

Specify the maximum size (number of records) of file that can be received.

Examples

RCVTIEF   LIB(MAIL)  TYPE(*OPEN)  OUTPUT(*PRINT)  MAXRCDS(1000)

This command receives from TIE all OPEN files (any file except a save file). A list of the received files is printed. If any of the received files are larger than 1000 records, the RCVTIEF command fails. If all OPEN files are received successfully, they are removed from the mailbox.

Error messages

None