Displaying and printing fix cover letters

Cover letters provide information about the IBM® i fixes that they accompany. You can display them with IBM Navigator for i or display and print them through the Display PTF Cover Letter (DSPPTFCVR) command.

If you receive your fixes on media, you must copy the fix cover letters from media before you can display the cover letters. For instructions, see Copying fix cover letters from media.

Displaying cover letters from IBM Navigator for i

To display a cover letter from IBM Navigator for i, follow these steps:
  1. In IBM Navigator for i, expand IBM i Management > Configuration and Service > Program Temporary Fixes > PTFs.
  2. Navigate through the PTF tree until you locate the option that contains the fix you want to display cover letter for.
  3. Click on this option and select the fix you want to display cover letter for in the work console place.
  4. Right-click the fix, select Properties and click Cover Letter page.

Displaying and printing cover letters from the character-based interface

To display or print cover letters for all fixes that are currently not applied on your system, enter one of the following commands:

  • DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(*ALL) SELECT(*NOTAPY)
  • DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(*ALL) SELECT(*NOTAPY) OUTPUT(*PRINT)
Note: You can also choose to view only cover letters that have certain attributes such as specifying CVRATR(*SPCINST) to view all cover letters that have special instructions.

To display or print a cover letter for a specific fix, enter one of the following commands:

  • DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(XXXXXXX) SELECT(ZZZZZZZ)
  • DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(XXXXXXX) SELECT(ZZZZZZZ) OUTPUT(*PRINT)

XXXXXXX is the licensed program number and ZZZZZZZ is the fix ID for the cover letter you want.