>If you use quotes, you can put in any character you want >into a data set name.
That might be true, but it is also true that the rules for what constitutes a valid data set name are fully spelled out. A 'hyphen' in the name is one of the less-understood possibilities (and many things likely do not accommodate that) Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN