>But if your input is fixed length (and it tends to be if it is instream >data in a JCL...) then the backslash has to go in exactly the 80th position.
That is: the exact last position of the input record (whatever the LRECL is). Cheers, Jantje. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
