I'm trying to design a command file that, using the echo command, will
write to a message file some user specified parameters.   The same message
file is being accessed by a batch job, using the input command.
 
When the job is *not* running my echo command works just fine, but when the
batch job is waiting (on an empty message file), the echo command fails as
follows:
 
FILE PG=PAGERMSG.UTIL.SYS,OLD;SHR;LOCK
 
:PAGEME 585xxxx 222 02
status = 222 appcode = 002 jobcode = 04477
   echo 002044770222 5850611 >*pg
DEVICE UNAVAILABLE  (FSERR 55)
   echo 002044770222 5850611 >*pg
Couldn't open output redirection file, command failed. (CIERR 9425)
 
The same file equation is being issued in batch and I have tried different
'file' and 'access' options.
 
Any Ideas?
 
Thanks
 
Paul H. Christidis