Hi,
I have the following command procedure set up to change the date in an
indirect file used in a turbostore batch job.

SETVAR DATE,"!HPMONTH/!HPDATE/!HPYEAR"
SETVAR DIR,"@[log in to unmask]@[log in to unmask]@.@3000@"
SETVAR NEW,";DIRECTORY;INTER;PROGRESS=3"
SETVAR NEW1,"COMPRESS=HIGH;MAXTAPEBUF;DATE>=!DATE"
FILE DDFS.SYSOPER,OLD;DEV=DISC
FILE DDFS1.SYSOPER,OLD;DEV=DISC
FILE DDFS2.SYSOPER,OLD;DEV=DISC
IF HPDAY=7 THEN
PURGE DDFS1.SYSOPER.SYS
PURGE DDFS2.SYSOPER.SYS
COPY DDFS.SYSOPER,DDFS1.SYSOPER
COPY DDFS.SYSOPER,DDFS2.SYSOPER
ECHO !DIR>DDFS1.SYSOPER.SYS
ECHO !NEW!NEW1>>DDFS1.SYSOPER.SYS
ECHO ;ONLINE=START>>DDFS1.SYSOPER.SYS
COPY DDFS1.SYSOPER.SYS,DDFS.SYSOPER.SYS
DELETEVAR    etc

This creates a temporary file which is unfortunately deleted when the
session is discontinued.  I thought that the DEV=DISC parameter would
create a permanent file on disc.  What am I missing?

thanks  ...  Terry

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Terry Prime
Client Services Officer
Queensland University of Technology
(07) 38641784