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<h1 class="topictitle1">Spooling writers</h1>
<div><p>A writer is an i5/OS™ program that takes spooled files from an output
queue and produces them on an output device. The spooled files that have
been placed on a particular output queue will remain stored in the server
until a writer is started to the output queue.</p>
<p>The writer takes spooled files one at a time from the output queue, based
on their priority. The writer processes a spooled file only if its entry
on the output queue indicates that it has a ready (RDY) status. You can display
the status of a particular spooled file using the Work with Output Queue (<span class="cmdname">WRKOUTQ</span>)
command.</p>
<p>If the spooled file has a ready status, the writer takes the entry from
the output queue and prints the specified job or file separators or both,
followed by the output data in the file. If the spooled file does not have
a ready status, the writer leaves the entry on the output queue and goes on
to the next entry. In most cases the writer will continue to process spooled
files (preceded by job and file separators) until all files with a ready status
have been taken from the output queue.</p>
<p>The <span class="parmname">AUTOEND</span> parameter on the start writer commands
determines whether the writer continues to wait for new spooled files to become
available to be written, end after processing one file, or end after all spooled
files with ready status have been taken from the output queue.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzatakickoff.htm" title="Spooling is a system function that saves data for later processing or printing. This data is stored in a spooled file. Spooled files work in a similar manner to tape files or other device files. Spooled files allow you to manage your data targeted for externally attached devices such as a printer.">Spooled files</a></div>
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