Barry, try this. I did this on my CHARON. :print paustest !JOB PAUSTEST,MANAGER.SYS !TELLOP !HPJOBNAME Starting !STREAM,# #JOB PAUSE30,MANAGER.SYS #SETVAR PTIME 30 #TELLOP !HPJOBNAME Pausing for !PTIME #SETJCW CIERROR=0 #CONTINUE #PAUSE !PTIME #TELLOP !HPJOBNAME Error !HPCIERRMSG #EOJ ! !TELLOP PAUSE30 is !HPLASTJOB !PAUSE 15 !BREAKJOB !HPLASTJOB !PAUSE 1 !TELLOP !HPJOBNAME BreakJob !SHOWJOB !PAUSE 15 !RESUMEJOB !HPLASTJOB !TELLOP !HPJOBNAME ResumeJob !PAUSE 10 !TELLOP !HPJOBNAME Done !EOJ : Keven Miller * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *