> How about this. What if we add a qualifier to the ACQUIRE command that > will set this up automatically. For example, > > $ ACQUIRE/SCRATCH 50000 > > or...what if it just set up this definition by default? > > Any comments? Sounds good to me! My little program, though a bit flawed, works pretty well, but the easier the better! I think it would be better just to have it do it by default, since I can't think of any reason not to do so. Changing the scratch location doesn't affect anything very much. Perhaps you could have a qualifier that *prevents* it from changing the scratch location? Regards, Bob -- Robert E. Williams, Jr. [log in to unmask] Macintosh Developer [log in to unmask] Enterprise Software _________________________________________________________ Recursion: If you got the point, stop, else see Recursion Infinite Recursion: See Infinite Recursion