I have been working with Unix in a few flavors for a few years, and now I have been given the task of hacking into our companies HP 3000 to figure out where our own data is stored. what the table structure is what the size of the files. Can we export it to CSV or ascii files, Basically our company wants of our HP 3000 MPE and move into the 9000. p.s. our sysadmin / consultant who was quite good for years is out of the country for a few months. So there is no way I get this type of help from him. Even though I have asked him before, he seemed more interested in doing the work, then telling the person responsible how to do it.. Are there books ? on MPE (sure I have the manuals) But where would one start ... Basically all I know is the listf command, and that our Sysadmin tells me that FTP service is not avail, and neither is telnet service. Reading over the last weeks postings here, I see that we have been taking for quite a ride. Thank you guys in advance. Bob Lee