Hello Terry,
You have just not echoed the info to the file intended,
but you have created a new temporary file.
Just prefix the output designator with *,
and you will be addressing the intended file.
eg.,  ECHO xxxxxx  > *DDFS1.SYSOPER
Tad

-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Prime <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 24 May 1999 04:01
Subject: permanent file


>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
>