Jim, Since release 1.5 (I think) the format of the PUT command is: PUT <listname> LIST PW=<password> without a leading "*". The LSVPUT exec constructs this command for you, although you'd have to build it by hand on a VMS system. Also, the format of the "put via FILELIST" command is: PUTC <filename> <filetype> <filemode> RECFM=F/V LRECL=<nnn> PW=<password> again without a leading "*". Ross Patterson Rutgers University