FAQ: How to save file without printing it?
Problem: I want RPM Remote Print Manager® to copy the data file in a directory I specify, without printing it or running a program. How do I accomplish this?
Answer: RPM 5.0 has an "Archive" action which does this. It also offers extensive control over the filename, as do previous versions of RPM.
RPM version 4.5 and prior can save the file to a directory using the "filter" type RPM queue. You do not necessarily have to run a program on the file using this queue type. There are a variety of options to save the filename under. Follow these steps:
- Choose "Edit Queues" from the "Queues" menu in RPM.
- From the drop-down list, choose which queue you wish to save the file.
- Choose the queue type labeled: "Run a local filter program on the file".
- Press the "Queue Setup" button. This takes you to the "Filter Setup" dialog.
- In the "Filename" tab of the "Filter Setup" dialog, you can choose the name of the file you wish to create. There are various options in this version such as:
- Use the long filename. The files will resemble "dfAebrooksnet".
- Use short filename. The files will resemble "dfAebr~1".
- Use job sequence number. In this case, you specify the first part of the file (df by default) and the number of digits to pad. If you take the defaults, the filename will resemble "df0001".
- Use filename from remote host. The filename will be the same as it is on the remote host. It does depend on what comes over in the control file.
- Use Print Job Data. You can save the filename using any number of control file data such as banner, class, date/time, host, etc.
- In the "File path" tab, choose which directory to copy the files to. To find the directory, press the "Browse" button.
- In the same tab as above, you can add a file extension as well. This extension can be any number of characters except periods (.) and white space ( ). RPM will remove these characters from the file extension.
- You do not need to modify anything in the "Execute" tab.