While searching for some spoolfiles related to a specific job number, I started to insist to another person that there were no spoolfiles related to jobnumber #####! Then I did a :LISTSPF [log in to unmask] Well, I had forgotten something. ...partial :listspf o@ output as MANAGER.SYS: #O4415 J'2198 $STDLIST 1 1 LP READY MANAGER.SYS #O4448 J3 $STDLIST 1 1 LP READY BACKMGR.SYS :LISTSPF O@;SELEQ=[JOBNUM=#J3] SPOOLID JOBNUM FILEDES PRI COPIES DEV STATE RSPFN OWNER #O4448 J3 $STDLIST 1 1 LP READY BACKMGR.SYS :LISTSPF O@;SELEQ=[JOBNUM=#J2198] No qualified spoolfile(s). (CIWARN 4809) :LISTSPF O@;SELEQ=[JOBNUM=#J'2198] SPOOLID JOBNUM FILEDES PRI COPIES DEV STATE RSPFN OWNER #O4415 J'2198 $STDLIST 1 1 LP READY MANAGER.SYS Given that there can be spoolfiles from #J123 and #J'123 and even #J''123 and #J?, one must specify the "'" in the seleq criteria to differentiate such spoolfiles. A note about needing any "'" in :HELP would be nice though. Excerpt from :HELP LISTSPF PARMS JOBNUM Job or session number under which the spoolfile was created, for example: #S257 or #J329 (the "#" is optional). The limits are 1 and 16,383. Limited wildcarding is supported; J@ accepts all jobs, S@ all sessions. John Backus Beechglen.com