Thomas Hagen ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : 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 Here's one way... build your job into a temp file using echo-command and you'll get all substitutions done with echo's, then stream the temp file. Use ">" to start the file and ">>" to append to it... see: parm parm1="hi there!" parm2=default2 parm3=default3 ...and so on echo !!job jname,user/upass,acct/apass > jobfile echo !!tell @;!parm1 >> jobfile ... echo !!eoj >> jobfile stream jobfile and the resulting file looks like: :print jobfile !job jname,user/upass,acct/apass !tell @;hi there! !eoj Eero Laurila - HP CSY Networking lab.