Something's not right with this, Dave. Here's what happens on my HP3000 when executing your job statements (stdlist has been sanitized): JOB TEST108,MANAGER.SECURITY,PUB. Priority = DS; HIPRI; Time = UNLIMITED seconds. Job number = #j2720. TUE, MAR 18, 1997, 11:41 AM. HP3000 Release: C.50.00 User Version: C.50.00 MPE/iX HP31900 B.79.06 Copyright Hewlett-Packard 1987. All rights reserved. STREAMED BY xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (#S8877) ON LDEV# 102 STREAM DATE: TUE, MAR 18, 1997, 11:41 AM ===================================================================== Welcome! You are now signed on. Last logon: 12:00 AM, on 0 :COMMENT STREAM FILE TEST108.JOB.SECURITY :COMMENT STREAMED BY xxxxxxxxxxx :COMMENT ON TUE, MAR 18, 1997, 11:41 AM :SETVAR TYPE "T" :PURGE BUTYPE :FILE BUTYPE;REC=-1,,F,ASCII;DISC=1;SAVE :ECHO !TYPE > *BUTYPE The CI cannot write to output file. (CIERR 9096) REMAINDER OF JOB FLUSHED. CPU sec. = 4. elapsed min. = 1. TUE, MAR 18, 1997, 11:41 AM. Dave Vorgang <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Hi all, > >I have a backup job stream in which a variable is set to determine the >type of backup to perform. At the completion of the backup I stream >another job which must also know the type of backup used. Here is a >snipped of the two jobs: > >!JOB FULLBACK,OPERATOR.SYS;HIPRI;OUTCLASS=LJ3 >!SETVAR TYPE "T" >!PURGE BUTYPE >!FILE BUTYPE;REC=-1,,F,ASCII;DISC=1;SAVE >!ECHO !TYPE>*BUTYPE > : > : >!STREAM BACKUP2.DAVE.SIS >!EOJ > >!JOB BACKUP2,OPERATOR.SYS;HIPRI;OUTCLASS=LJ3 >!INPUT TYPE < BUTYPE >!ECHO !TYPE > : >!EOJ > >The problem is BUTYPE is blanked out by the time it gets to BACKUP2. I >PRINT BUTYPE after I stream FULLBACK and it contains the letter T, like >it should. I continue PRINTing BUTYPE continually for about 10 minutes >and it still displays the letter T. But then, without any explanation, >I'll do another print and it displays a blank. I check the modify date >and it is the same as the original creation date. > >Any ideas on why this would happen? _______ Bob