Spool file of a background job

Hello Friends,
In an SAP system, there is a background job which creates a spool file.
If there is no printer configuration done on the SAP server, how to find the location of this file in the filesystem?
Thanks & Regards,
Kunal Patel.

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
I was able to locate the file in the filesystem.
Actually I changed a setting in the printer LOCL so that the spool is stored in Global directory.
But now there is a new problem.
The spool file in the filesystem is in a very different format as below:
Could you let me know how to change the format of the spool?
Command executed:       more : /usr/sap/DHS/SYS/global/100SPOOL/00010000026674 :
Target host:            unix0006
COL0N COL0H05.03.2008
4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5
5      5Lene
5      5Gitte
5      5Orla Bech
5      5Janni                                    5We
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 - P                                              COL0N COL0H05.03.2008
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 ú    5
5 ú    5
5 ú    5
Rgds,
Kunal.

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