Jan, thank you. I'll try this asap. Roland
>>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). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

