Paul writes: > > I'm running on an HP3000/967RX > RELEASE: C.50.02 MPE/iX HP31900 B.79.06 USER VERSION: C.50.02 > I was trying to redo a specific command when the following occurred: ... > <SYS>:showvar hpred@ > HPREDOSIZE = 15138836 <------ I sure did NOT set this value > HPREDOVEMODIFY = 0 > <SYS>: > > Any Ideas ? One...tell the vendor/user/programmer who created the variable HPREDOVEMODIFY that he/she/they should *NOT* create variables that begin with the letters "HP" unless, perchance, they *are* HP CSY. (For a variety of reasons) Another one: is it possible that you aren't interacting with the true CI (CI.PUB.SYS), but a shell of some kind? You can possibly verify this by doing: :showproc -- Stan Sieler [log in to unmask] http://www.allegro.com/sieler.html