Mary - Here is a quick and dirty (tested) minus the WAKEUP routine:
'PIPE < STUDENT USERIDS A | STEM USERID.' /* WAKEUP routine here */ Do i = 1 to userid.0 'PIPE CP IND USER' userid.i '| STEM INDUSER.' record = Date(U) Time() Do j = 1 to induser.0 record = record induser.j /* Put all data on one line */ End j 'PIPE VAR RECORD | >> INDUSER FILE A' End i You will get one line (with time stamp) per student every four hours. Let the prof parse the data. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 46 years mailto:f...@zvm.sru.edu http://zvm.sru.edu/~fjh +1.724.738.2153 "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:52:56 -0400 Mary Zervos said: > >Hello everyone, > >A professor here would like an "ind user studentname" taken every 4 >hours of his 80 students, with a report sent to him once a week. My >question is, which vm software to use and how to collect the data in a >file to send the professor. The professor will use his own program to >extract the data he needs from the file. > >Thanks for any help. > >Mary Zervos >VM Systems Programmer >Binghamton University