Subj : Something is amiss To : Jasen Betts From : Gerald Miller Date : Tue Nov 05 2002 07:52 pm Hello Jasen, I've been using SETDOS /Y1 on your version of the batch file we've been discussing and (unless I've missed something) I believe that something is amiss... Using the following data file: === *** === PATH\PROGRAM TO RUN ³AFTER³ ³ ³DAYS ³ ³ DAYS³LAST RUN³NEXT RUN³ LEFT³ASK ÄÄÄÄ 61 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÅDD-MM-YYÅDD-MM-YYÅÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄ call STEP_0.BTM ³1 ³30-10-02³00-00-00³0 ³N call STEP_1.BTM ³1 ³30-10-02³00-00-00³0 ³N call STEP_2.BTM ³14 ³19-10-02³00-00-00³0 ³N call STEP_3.BTM ³28 ³26-10-02³00-00-00³0 ³N call STEP_4.BTM ³7 ³26-10-02³00-00-00³0 ³N call STEP_5.BTM ³2 ³30-10-02³00-00-00³0 ³N call STEP_6.BTM ³3 ³30-10-02³00-00-00³0 ³N call STEP_7.BTM ³4 ³30-10-02³00-00-00³0 ³N === *** === (I've already changed the date format for you). For some reason that I haven't been able to discover, STEP_3.BTM is NOT being written to the data file. Then, on the following day (next run), only STEP_0.BTM and STEP_1.BTM are written to the data file */AND/* all the other STEP_?.BTM files are dropped from the data file. Very perplexing... Could I request that you UUencode the batch file in your next post in case something was truncated in your last posting? Is it possible that the IFF, ELSEIFF and ENDIFFs are not matched? Thanks ... Gerald --- GoldED+/386 v1.1.5-21026 * Origin: Any time is Miller Time. (1:342/512) .