Marc, That problem can be cured by a mod to CP that closes all open spool files during shutdown processing. Steve Roberts, late of Georgia Tech, posted it to VMSHARE recently. If you're interested and aren't a VMSHARE member (although all VM systems people ought to be) , I'll be glad to pull it for you. Ross Patterson Rutgers University Center for Computer and Information Systems ATT et. al.: (201) 932-3435 BITNET : A024012@RUTVM1 ARPANet : A024012%RUTVM1.BITNET@WISCVM Snail Mail : PO Box 879, Piscataway, NJ 08854