>:FILE BIGMESS;DEV=TAPE;LABEL=,IBM;REC=.... > >Off the top of my head that lets you tell MPE the label value via REPLY. >Haven't done this in years though. Anybody remember better than me? My >laptop doesn't run MPE (HP: why not?) so I can't check it out right now. Tried this at home on MPE V; Wow! It did ask for a reply for LABEL name. Now I can possible use a generic file equation. FILE IN;DEV=TAPE;LABEL=,IBM,,NEXT;REC=8192,1,U,ASCII > _____________________________________________________________ > Keven Miller mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.exegesys.com > >