Jeff writes: > I realize it's a nit I'm picking here, but I *always* use "VERIFY" on any > FCOPY to tape that I might want to be able to read again later. mumble mumble VERIFY?? Hmmm. :FCOPY FROM=foo;to=fum;NEW;VERIFY HP31900A.05.02 FILE COPIER (C) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1990 EOF FOUND IN FROMFILE AFTER RECORD 436 437 RECORDS PROCESSED *** 0 ERRORS COMPARE BEGINS EOF FOUND IN FROMFILE AFTER RECORD 436 437 RECORDS PROCESSED *** 0 ERRORS END OF SUBSYSTEM Learn something new every day. G.