In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] says... > >[log in to unmask] (Mark Ranft) wrote: > ->A programmer just stopped by my office with this ->senario. -> ->! copy filea,fileb ->! ->!pause 30 ->! suprtool -> i filec -> o fileb,erase -> x -> exit ->! -> ->Upon executing, SUPRTOOL complained about the ->non-existance of fileb. -> >Mark, the only scenario I can think of to explain this >is that someone/somejob is purging fileb during the 30 second >pause. I've never heard of MPE requiring extra time to >complete a copy command. >/paul >+--------------------------------+--------------------------+ >| Paul Gobes, Tech Support Mgr. | Robelle Consulting Ltd. | >| [log in to unmask] | Phone:(800) 561-8311 | >| http://www.robelle.com/~paul | Fax: (604) 582-1799 | >+--------------------------------+--------------------------+ The PAUSE was added because of the wierdness. I have seen this with programs besides SUPRTOOL too. (e.g., COBOL) I am surprised that noone else has ever experienced this. Mark Ranft [log in to unmask]