Thanks to the respondents. At one time, I had RTFMd that stated the way to bring down OMVS/USS was to issue the 'F BPXOINIT,SHUTDOWN=FILEOWNER' & 'F BPXOINIT,SHUTDOWN=FORKS' commands.
These two commands have worked until Saturday. I will use the new command and monitor its success. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

