>I can "double up" on the trailing Forward Slash as a work around to get what I need in the COBOL program, but I'm surprised by this behavior. Should I be?
Slashes are special delimeters in LE/370. This is how you separate the runtime options from the programme options. -teD Me? A skeptic? I trust you have proof! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html