Use the same idea as the temp file, but use a permanent file instead:

!file lp;dev=lp,1
!build <filename>
!file temp=<filename>,old;acc=append
!echo Line #1    > *temp
!echo line #2   >> *temp
!echo Line #n   >> *temp
!print *temp > *lp

This way your data does not get hosed on job abort.
(This access is slower than using a temp file though.)

Hope it helps!

Curtis


Steven Bloom wrote in message <[log in to unmask]>...
Greetings,

I am trying to use "<" and ">" redirection to send information from a
job to a print file.  I tried doing this:

!file lp;dev=lp,1
!
!echo This should be the first  line  > *lp
!echo This should be the second line >> *lp
!echo This should be the third  line >> *lp

I would think that all of these would be written to a single spoolfile,
which would be closed at :EOJ.

Instead, each line opens a new Spoolfile.

I know that I could write all the data to a flat file and then print the
flat file.  However, I'd rather not do that because if the job ABENDs,
no report will appear in the spooler.

Any ideas?

Steve