One man's idea of hell is to be forced to remain in another man's idea of heaven. $set proc/priv=all $dtnbr=p1 - ":" - "DTA" - "_" $dtdvc=p1 - ":" $dtdvc="*"+dtdvc+"*" $if f$device("*DTA*") .eqs. "" then mc sysman io conn dta0:/noada/driver=sys$system:dtdriver $if f$device(dtdvc) .eqs. "" then mc sysman io conn DTA1:/noada/driver=dtdriver $dtnnn="dtsrv"+dtnbr $set proc/name=dtsrv1 $! to use the low compress, set comm sys$system:dthstimg next instead $set comm sys$system:dthstimgh $p2ln=f$length(p2) $!if f$locate(".COM",p2).lt.p2ln then set comm sys$system:dthstimg $if f$locate(".COM",p2).lt.p2ln then write sys$output "may be .cmp file" $dthost DTA1: DKB204:DSKE.HCMP %NONAME-W-NOMSG, Message number 00000000 $logo/brief EVERHART job terminated at 24-JUL-1997 09:03:44.04