If you have MPEX after you do your listf you can check the variable "MPEXNUMSUCCEEDED" for the total count.  If you don't have MPEX you can do the same using MPE/iX commands and a file.  By using LISTF ,6 > *file, you can then use the function FINFO to get the eof of the file.  I believe when sending the LISTF results to a file an additional record is added that gives the date/time of the LISTF command so you'll have to subtract 1 or 2 from the eof to get the true amount.

Enjoy.

Tom Renz

>>> Richard Blake <[log in to unmask]> 08/27/99 09:35AM >>>

Hi all,

Does anyone know how to get a "count" of files?

If I use LISTFILE or LISTF, I can get info using ,3,6 etc. But what I
want to know is how many files that meet a certain naming criteria exist
on a given group.

Example: LISTF IL2@ will list all the files but not tell me how many
there are. There are too many to count.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Richard