> You could type the job type (s/j) or test to see if
> HPINTERACTIVE is true (means that your in a session).

Not entirely correct.  The HPINTERACTIVE variable is based
on a call to the FRELATE intrinsic.  If $STDLIST and $STDIN
form an interactive pair (meaning that a user can see the
output of $STDLIST on their terminal and can input to the
same terminal) then HPINTERACTIVE is TRUE.  Note that
HPINTERACTIVE will be FALSE in scripts run from a session
where $STDIN and/or $STDLIST have been redirected to a file.

I think a more correct way to determine if you are in a
job is to test the HPJOBTYPE variable, e.g.:
  if HPJOBTYPE = "J" then
     # in a job...

However, if a session is created from within a job, HPINTERACTIVE
will be true, and HPJOBTYPE will be "S" in that session.
To detect this more unusual case, HPTYPEAHEAD can be set to
true.  This will work in a "normal session" but will fail with
CIWARN 8174 in a session coming from a job.

Hope this helps some,

Jeff Vance, CSY

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