Paul, IEBCOPY is documented (and functions) as generating a SYSIN if none exists, if it's dummied, or if it's an empty file. Not sure what category a 'bad' file fits into, but I would guess it's essentially 'omitted'.
If you feel strongly about it you could open a Share requirement. >From DFP Utilities: "When the SYSIN DD statement is a DD DUMMY, points to an empty file, or is omitted, IEBCOPY will generate a COPY statement that allows you to run IEBCOPY without supplying a control statement data set for SYSIN." MA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
