Ulrich, Not knowing exactly which commands you are doing, or how many this may or may not work for you.
You can always use a FB record. The commands can be split along multiple lines so long as there is a hyphen (-) or plus (+) at the end of the line to indicating it is being continued on the next line. Other than that, I am not aware of any way to prevent line numbers from being used for a VB file in a batch TMP. To make my process easier (to create multi line commands) I typically create a REXX to read a flat file of the element (data set name, tso id, etc) and then use ISPF Skel functions to build the JCL and command. Saves me from typing a lot of commands. Or I build an ISPF panel if the task is small and again use ISPF SKEL to build the JCL and commands. Just the other day I had to list 248 DB2 Data bases, so I used this process to make the work easier. Otherwise I would still be typing now. Lizette Koehler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
