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 >[log in to unmask] I don't know if you already knew this, but MPEX from VESOFT can do this.