thanks Brian what MY unix folks are telling me is that there should be a '*' following the last '/' at the end of the command - however - i when backed and looked as far back as feb 2007 - the command executed successfully WITHOUT the '*' at then end - i just never knew the command was there (to be honest - i di not know if the subdirectory in fact WAS deleted - i just know that no errors were produced from the SMP/E run)
in July the command failed (i am ashamed to admit i missed the RC 12 on the RECEIVE - it worked so I did not think to look at the job that ran) so what happened between MAY 2008 and JULY 2008? z?OS 1.9 (I think) - perhaps the UNIX software with 1.9 is less tolerant of syntax errors than its predecessors (if in fact the '*' is the culprit (we tried it here and the delete WAS successful with the '*' at the end ...) thanks, Chris Hoelscher Senior IDMS & DB2 Database Administrator Humana Inc 502-476-2538 [EMAIL PROTECTED] The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
