The  Compare  Printer  File Attributes  command  compares  the  CRTPRTF
command  parameters of  two printer file  objects.   A spooled  file is
created of any differences.

The major attributes which are not compared are:

      - Owner
      - Authorizations
      - Text description
      - Create date and time
      - Source file and member name
      - Source data

A typical command would be:

             CMPPRTFD  FROMPRTF(xxx) TOPRTF(yyy)

A spooled file would be created with any differences shown.

An  option exists to send  an escape message if  differences exist.  An
option exists to delete the spooled file if no differences exist.

Most of  the attributes  (but not  all)  are compared.   CMPPRTFD  uses
RTVPRTFA and is limited to the attributes returned on RTVPRTFA.

CMPPRTFD  escape messages you can monitor for
---------------------------------------------

      TAA9895    Differences exist (optional based on ESCAPE parm)

Escape messages from based on functions will be re-sent.

Command parameters                                    *CMD
------------------

   FROMPRTF      The  qualified name  of the  From Printer  file  to be
                 compared.    The  library  value  defaults  to  *LIBL.
                 *CURLIB may also be used.

   TOPRTF        The qualified  name  of  the  To Printer  file  to  be
                 compared.  The  default is *FROMPRTF meaning  the same
                 Printer file  name as in the  FROMPRTF parameter.  The
                 library value  defaults  to blanks.    If no  name  is
                 entered,  *LIBL  is  assumed.   *CURLIB  may  also  be
                 used.

   ESCAPE        Whether  to  send  an  escape message  if  differences
                 exist.   The default  is *NO which  means a completion
                 message is sent.

                 *YES may be  specified to send TAA9895  if differences
                 exist.

   DLTSPLF       Whether  to delete the  spooled file  if there  are no
                 differences.     The  default  is   *YES  meaning  the
                 spooled file is deleted  if no differences are  found.
                 The  spooled file  is always  retained if  differences
                 exist.

                 *NO  may be  specified to ensure  a spooled  file will
                 exist  regardless  of  whether  differences  exist  or
                 not.

Restrictions
------------

Most of  the  attributes (but  not all)  are compared.   CMPPRTFD  uses
RTVPRTFA and is limited to the attributes returned on RTVPRTFA.

The USRDFNDTA attribute is only compared for the first 50 bytes.

Prerequisites
-------------

The following TAA Tools must be on your system:

     CHKOBJ3         Check object 3
     EDTVAR          Edit variable
     RTVPRTFA        Retrieve printer file attributes
     RTVSYSVAL3      Retrieve system value 3
     SNDCOMPMSG      Send completion message
     SNDESCMSG       Send escape message

Implementation
--------------

None, the tool is ready to use.

Objects used by the tool
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   Object        Type    Attribute      Src member    Src file
   ------        ----    ---------      ----------    ----------

   CMPPRTFD      *CMD                   TAAPRTF       QATTCMD
   TAAPRTFC      *PGM       CLP         TAAPRTFC      QATTCL
   TAAPRTFR      *PGM       RPG         TAAPRTFR      QATTRPG