What makes you think there is a batch job started? UNIX processes (e.g. "ls") inititated from another process (e.g. your shell session) may be run in another address space. A BPXAS address space will be started, if there currently is no idle BPXAS that could run your command.
In this case you'll see a message like this in SYSLOG BPXP024I BPXAS INITIATOR STARTED ON BEHALF OF JOB xyz RUNNING IN ASID ... -- Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

