Was trying to find a way for a command file to detect if it was run from the
CI prompt or via a Cobol program via the HPCICOMMAND intrinsic. During my
experimentation I obtained a strange result from the HPFILE variable.
Anybody got an explanation for the following:

Command file TEST.ROBERT.SYSDEV contains

  showvar hpfile
  echo HPFILE = !hpfile
  showvar hpfile

Run from the CI prompt it displays

  HPFILE =
  HPFILE = TEST.ROBERT.SYSDEV
  HPFILE =

Run from a Cobol program via the HPCICOMMAND intrinsic it displays

  HPFILE = TEST.ROBERT.SYSDEV
  HPFILE = TEST.ROBERT.SYSDEV
  HPFILE = TEST.ROBERT.SYSDEV

Environment is MPE/iX 6.5 plus all reactive patches.

regards,
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