Okay, folks, so my first transmission to y'all (re: Beatles) was a bit late (guess I'm a late bloomer, just came on Tuesday). So maybe somebody's already answered this problem, but here goes: I'm fcopying several files to a tape, each with a separate fcopy command with a SKIPEOF option. There are six files in all, and I believe the files are small enough that I can fit them on one tape. But on the 3rd or 4th file (it's not consistent), I get this *118*SKIPEOF OPTION: ERROR WHILE SKIPPING IN TOFILE I/O TIME-OUT (FSERR 27) Any ideas? Ed C