Mpex's printo command has an option that will cause it behave like tail -

run main.pub.vesoft;info="printo jnameno;wait" where jnameno can be the job
name(SWT040), or the job number (#J777)

So if you set up a little command file called tj

parm jnameno=""
run main.pub.vesoft;info="printo !jnameno;wait"

you'll have it, and you can say :tj #j777, or :tj swt040

Ctrl-Y will end the "tail" ;)

Regards

Neil




-----Original Message-----
From: John Dass [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 10 March 2001 06:02
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: tail -f STDLIST


Hello,

I remember that in Unix you can tail -f the stdout of a running
program so as to monitor the execution. However in MPe you have
to goto MPEX and do a 'printo #Jxxxx' repeatedly to montor
the execution. Is there a way to 'tail -f' the stdlist so that as the
results of the executing program gets to STDLIST, it is displayed
on the screen and there is no need to do a 'printo' repeatedly?

Thank you very much for your help in advance.

Cheers!
John