In article <s120862b.034@smtp>, Ron Tilby <[log in to unmask]> says:
>
>Under MPE/iX 5.0 w/PowerPatch #4 is it possible to:
>Store or Copy Input Spool Files from @.IN.HPSPOOL (Deferred Jobs).
>Shutdown the system and do some activity requiring an UPDATE and/or
>START NORECOVERY ie. PowerPatch Install.
>Then Restore or Copy the previously saved input spoolfiles and
>introduce them as jobs.
>
>The problem is that users submit deferred batch jobs on Friday, and don't
>want them to run until Sunday night (after some other weekend
>processing).  If I do a PowerPatch or System Update on Saturday, the
>deferred batch jobs are lost.
>
>The SPIFF OUTPUT command only handles Output Spoolfiles.
>Thanks in advance,
>Ron Tilby
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I don't know if you already knew this, but MPEX from VESOFT can do this.