Mark, This is what I got. The other commands you suggested may show anything different?
/D GRS,RES=(SYSDSN,PSTR.TEMP) RESPONSE=HOMO ISG343I 16.34.00 GRS STATUS 894 NO REQUESTORS FOR RESOURCE SYSDSN PSTR.TEMP One correction: The use of the oget under JCL produces: Command: tso -t "OGET '$myvar.ebcdic' 'PSTR.TEMP'" Sysout: IKJ56225I DATA SET PSTR.TEMP ALREADY IN USE, TRY LATER+ IKJ56225I DATA SET IS ALLOCATED TO ANOTHER JOB OR USER RC(12) The use of the cp under JCL produces: Command: cp -P "RECFM=FB,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)),LRECL=96,BLKSIZE=0" $myvar.ebcdic "//'PSTR.TEMP'" Sysout: cp: FSUM6258 cannot open file "//'PSTR.TEMP'": EDC5061I An error occurred when attempting to define a file to the system. Like I said before, these commands entered interactively under USS work w/o problems. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html