Item Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Redirecting the STDIN source? Lars gives an example of a job that contains a "feature" I've been wondering about lately: > !job myslt,manager.sys > !print > indfile > @[log in to unmask]; directory; progress; compress > @[log in to unmask] > !eod [snip] I guess my question really involves only "form" rather than "substance." Anyway, which is "proper" to include in a job stream: !eod or :eod ? Yes, I understand "!eod" gets translated to ":eod" so there's "really" no difference, but "!eod" just doesn't feel right. I mean, neither :EOD nor :EOF: are actually "MPE commands," right? (Hmmm, I just noticed that EOD is in the 5.0 commands manual with the other commands, but :EOF: is not.) Just wondering... --Glenn "also wondering how one grows seedless grapes" Cole Software al dente, Inc. [log in to unmask]