Hello. The only logical explanation I have for the below is some other process purging the file midway through our process. But nothing in the log shows any session or jobs running around this time except for this process. Below is a clip from a stdlist: %listf hosprate.pub.acct1,3 ACCOUNT= acct1 GROUP= PUB FILENAME CODE CREATOR CRE-DATE MOD-DATE MOD-TIME ACC-DATE RST-DATE HOSPRATE xxx 04 FEB 04 04 FEB 04 08:12 AM 04 FEB 04 04 FEB 04 %if cierror=0 *** EXPRESSION TRUE %purge hosprate.out.hcia -----Purging HOSPRATE.OUT.HCIA (4096 sectors) 4096 sectors saved %setvar cierror,0 %PAUSE 10 %copy hosprate.pub.acct1,hosprate.out.hcia NONEXISTENT PERMANENT FILE (FSERR 52) No copy was done. (CIERR 9113) %if cierror<>0 *** EXPRESSION TRUE % SETVAR HPAUTOCONT,FALSE % ... abort this weird mpe file system error Unknown command name. (CIERR 975) Group PUB.ACCT1 is on a private volume on an EMC Disc Array. The file in question was FTPed up at an earlier date from a user. The process has worked 100s of times before with no problems. Could there be any other explanation for a permanent file being visible to mpex's listf but then not there when you go to copy it? Thanks. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *