In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Norman Sippel) writes: > Question: Is there some routine which can choose my prompt at random? > Specifically, if I log into OCEAN, I would like an OCEAN> prompt. > If I log into MIAVX1, I would like a MIAVX1> prompt. Can anyone > please give me any tips or strategy on how to do this? The following piece of code in your LOGIN.COM will do what you want: $ SET PROMPT = "''F$GETSYI("NODENAME")'> " -- Kent Covert, Software Coordinator Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH [log in to unmask] (internet) kacovert@miavx1 (bitnet)