Hi Paul :)
   Dumb Question, Have you checked the file equations?  I have been bit by
this before....

Art "just an idea... worth the price paid ... hehe " Bahrs

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul H Christidis <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 1:40 PM
Subject: Odd COBOL behavior


> A COBOL subroutine opens a number of temporary files.  The one in question
has
> the following 'select' statement:
>      SELECT HIST-FIRST-FILE          ASSIGN TO 'D6068OT1'.
> and is opened for output.
>
> The manual indicates that if 'file-size' is not specified a default of
10,000
> records is used.
>
> The program running on a 'SERIES 969-220' on MPE/iX 5.5 PP7 creates the
file as
> described in the manual.
> However, when executing on a 'SERIES 987-150' on the same version of the
OS the
> file limit is set at 1,000.
>
> Is anyone aware of any 'run time' or 'compile time' settings, or anything
else,
> that could account for such a behavior?
>
> Regards
> Paul Christidis