Well, this does work. But now I'm wondering a bit. In the order are two files ending with .pax.Z which is a compressed pax archive. Part of what SMP/E does is unwind the pax file. This took a while to do. What was left on the NFS server was two files. One ended with .SMPMCS and was, as expected, SMPMCS control statements. The other ended with .SMPHOLD and you guessed it.
These unwound files are temporary and should be cleaned up by SMP/E upon completion of the RECEIVE FROMNTS. You can direct SMP/E to store these files someplace other than your NFS server which is perhaps a better choice for you.
Use the SMPWKDIR DD statement or DDDEF entry to define a directory for temporary work files. /tmp is a reasonable suggestion.
Kurt Quackenbush -- IBM, SMP/E Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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