Amit, You want error messages in the &COMO& but not on the screen, right? Use DIVERT.OUT TTY.OFF/TTY.ON
DIVERT.OUT is the more general command. In fast, the COMO verb is actually a basic program that executes DIVERT.OUT (source in $UVHOME/uv/BP/COMO_VERB). Example: >CT CDS.BP BHUTANI BHUTANI 0001 CRT 'CRT 1 to screen & como.' 0002 PRINT 'PRINT 1 to screen & como.' 0003 PERFORM 'DIVERT.OUT TTY.OFF' <------ what you want 0004 CRT 'CRT 2 only to como' 0005 PRINT 'PRINT 2 only to como' 0006 PERFORM 'DIVERT.OUT TTY.ON' <------ what you want 0007 CRT 'CRT 3 to both screen & como.' 0008 PRINT 'PRINT 3 to both screen & como.' 0009 STOPM 'Stopm to both screen & como.' >COMO ON BHUTANI <----- turn como on COMO BHUTANI established 11:10:06 17 FEB 2004 >RUN CDS.BP BHUTANI CRT 1 to screen & como. PRINT 1 to screen & como. CRT 3 to both screen & como. <------ what you want PRINT 3 to both screen & como. Stopm to both screen & como. >COMO OFF <------ turn como off COMO completed. 11:10:16 17 FEB 2004 >CT &COMO& BHUTANI BHUTANI 0001 COMO BHUTANI established 11:10:06 17 FEB 2004 0002 >RUN CDS.BP BHUTANI 0003 CRT 1 to screen & como. 0004 PRINT 1 to screen & como. 0005 CRT 2 only to como <------ what you want 0006 PRINT 2 only to como <------ what you want 0007 CRT 3 to both screen & como. 0008 PRINT 3 to both screen & como. 0009 Stopm to both screen & como. 0010 >COMO OFF 0011 COMO completed. 11:10:16 17 FEB 2004 > Another way more similar to the unix idea of redirecting stdout is to use a different print channel directed to &HOLD& for some messages. (PRINT ON n), but that file would contain ONLY the redirected messages. Chuck Stevenson -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users