It's been several years since I actually used this.... but I thought // meant "skip everything from this point on until the next JOB statement.
Of course if there is no "next job statement", it's effectively "skip everything after this point". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html