Many thanks for all the replies on this. Unfortunatly the system is outsourced and getting anything changed moves at glacial speed. I'm stuck with what I've got, and that's the lot.
Let me see what I can find out about running REXX under OMVS. I think maybe some sort of stub routine might be the order of the day. Thanks again for all your suggestions. Ian ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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