"Glenn J. Koster, Sr." wrote: > "Paveza, Gary" wrote: > > > If they are text files you could do an mget * and then after your ftp, > > you could go into the shell and do something like this: > > > > cat * > newname > > Thanks for the input. The concept works fine, except the resultant file > is left as a byte-stream file that is not accessible without further > intervention on my part. The other alternative that was supplied worked > like a charm without having to do any file type changes. pretending that all the merged files are of the same record width.... we ran into a similar situation awhile back. we used ftp to 're-recordize' the bytestream file. maybe this would help? - d -- Donna Garverick Sr. System Programmer 925-210-6631 [log in to unmask] >>>MY opinions, not Longs Drug Stores'<<<