Reader and writer jobs

 

A reader job is a spooled input job, and a writer job is a spooled output job.

Reader

A reader job reads batch job streams from database files, and places the jobs on a job queue. The reader job is part of input spooling and is an IBM-supplied program.

Writer

A writer job writes records from printer output files (also called spooled files) to a printer. The writer job is an IBM-supplied program, started in the spooling subsystem where it selects files from the output queue to be printed.

 

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Job types

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