As the appends have mentioned, we intend to avoid issuing this message in a future release.
But the original append indicated that the formatting "never does finish". If that is the case, then you have a problem that is beyond the scope of the discussion. This particular situation is expected to be transient. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

