Method 2 (not a nice, but in case this is for users and you don't want to have them type RUN FTP.ARPA....) ECHO FTP > FTPIN ECHO OPEN 192..... >> FTPIN ECHO USER FTP >> FTPIN ECHO PROMPT OFF >> FTPIN ... ECHO EXIT >> FTPIN FTP < FTPIN This way the users can continue to use SCRFTP as the command Clive Pottinger <[log in to unmask]> Hamilton Discount Corp Stoney Creek, ON Canada On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 04:52:27 -0500, Costas Anastassiades <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >From your SCRPFTP file remove the FTP command and then try : RUN >FTP.ARPA.SYS;STDIN=SCRFTP > >Costas Anastassiades >Intracom SA >Athens-Greece > >