Mark,
>>1) You don't need the SMPNTS data sets for the apply. After RECEIVE is complete, everything is in the SMPPTS and RELFILEs (if they are used). << Agreed, absolutely.... >> You should use a "work" directory for your SMPNTS........ << Undersore's the need for good backup's, I've avoided the FROMHETWORK thing, decided to finally address it... It ws no problem the restore the HFS. As this went on today I came to the conclusions you note, and are probably dicumenter in a manual if I'd move my lazy butt and open them. As it is I'm mulling over how to structure my SMPNTS definition seperate from product libraries. Thanks to all who contributed. Cheers, Joe Aulph, Senior Systems Programmer: 850-487-8945 [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

