> Hello, could someone please explain how to start a job in a command file? > The JOB description should be included in the command file like this : > > PARM parameter1 > > STREAM ,* > *JOB ... > *TELL @;!parameter1 > *EOJ > Try this (won't work on MPE V, but should work on any MPE/XL or MPE/iX): parm parm1 echo #job ... >jobtext echo #tell @;!parm1 >>jobtext echo #eoj >>jobtext stream jobtext,# purge jobtext,temp -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Diercks -------- mail: [log in to unmask] Programmer/Analyst /|| | talk: [log in to unmask] Computing Services /_|| | WWW : http://rowlf.csv.anderson.edu/ Anderson University / ||__| tel : (317)641-4305 Anderson, IN 46012 -------- fax : (317)641-3851 o________________________________________________________ ___ _\_, \=`==^==> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^