I'm not sure what you are trying to do, but here is a suggestion (it assumes you are building your streamfile as part of the CMD file)..warning...NOT TESTED. INPUT USER_PROMPT;PROMT="Please enter whatever";WAIT=120 ECHO some-stream-file-commands > STREAMFILE ECHO !USER_PROMPT >> STREAMFILE ECHO EOJ >> STREAMFILE > -----Original Message----- > From: Cremony, Louis F. [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 12:05 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Batch Job > > How can I prompt and pass a user for input to a job stream > > Louis F. Cremony > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *