AS400 commands are CL (Control Language) commands. Most of them were written by IBM developers to perform system-level tasks like compiling programs, backing up data, changing system configurations, displaying system object details, or deleting them. Commands are not limited to systems-level concerns and can be drafted for user applications as well.
The Create User Profile (CRTUSRPRF) command identifies a user to the system and allows you to customize the way the system appears. When the profile is created, the profile is given *CHANGE and *OBJMGT authorities for the profile itself. The system relies on the profile having these authorities to itself and they should not be […]
The Work with Active Jobs – WRKACTJOB command allows to work with status information and performance for the active jobs in the system. The sequence of jobs can be changed with the Sequence (SEQ) parameter or through operations on the display. Other parameters allow the selection of jobs to be shown on the display. The selection parameters […]
The Work with Job Queues – WRKJOBQ command shows the overall status of all job queues or the detailed status of a specific job queue. Also, this command allows the user to work with the overall status of all job queues that match the qualified generic name specified. The status of the queues may change […]
The Work with Spooled Files – WRKSPLF command displays a list of all the spooled files on the system or a selected list from them. You can choose to change, hold, delete, display, or release any or all of the entries that are displayed. The amount of time needed to show the list of spooled […]
The Work with Objects – WRKOBJ command shows a list of objects from one or more given libraries. 23 Most Useful AS400 Commands The object name, object type, library name, object attribute, and short text description for the object are shown for each listed object. The data attributes and the actual data in the object […]
What is an AS400 command ? AS400 commands are CL (Control Language) commands. Most of them were written by IBM developers to perform system-level tasks like compiling programs, backing up data, changing system configurations, displaying system object details, or deleting them. Commands are not limited to systems-level concerns and can be drafted for user applications […]
To Create Printer output CRTPRTF , a program, OS/400 utility, or print-key function must write the output data to a printer file. A printer file is a type of device file that determines what attributes printed output will have.
Help Screen is a common type of information screen in AS400. it gives Help information about almost any kind of display. Suppose you were going to work with members using PDM (WRKMBRPDM) and were not sure what the parameter, “Member type” meant. you could place the cursor anywhere on the line for that parameter and […]
The current library (*CURLIB) is the first user library that is searched before the rest of the user libraries in the list when the system looks for an object. If a user does not specify a library name when requesting an operation on an object, the libraries in the library list are searched for the […]
User When we refer to a user, we mean any person who is signed on to the system. This may include students, programmers, data-entry personnel, operators, and administrators. To perform work on the AS/400, a user needs to be known to the system. A user becomes known to the system when a security officer or […]