HSHDSK and HASHCK DOCUMENTATION 1) The very FIRST time you run HSHDSK, it will create your 'base' file listing. Since there is not another file on your system to COMPARE, you will need to run HSHDSH again - either the next day/hour/whenever - BEFORE you run HASHCK. The sample HSHDSK command file has this information in it in case you forget. 2) You should not use HSHDSK and HASHCK on P,PNs that are extemely 'active' - the main purpose of these two files are to check somewhat 'static' P,PNs: DSK0:[1,4],[7,6], etc. I use them to check most of DSK0: and the Network P,PNs. The reason for this warning is because HASHCK will report hash total differences (changes to file contents). Data files, letter files and the like don't need to be checked as much as your system .LIT files etc. Examining very dynamic files makes for a 'messy' report (although it still works!). 3) The two files that contain 'last time' hash totals and 'this time' hash totals could be quite large. Make sure you have room on DSK0: to contain these two files (these two files are called HASHCK.OLD and HASHCK.NEW respectively). 4) The run time action of HASHCK looks very similar to DSKANA. It reports the DSK and P,PN that it is checking, and any differences within a particular P,PN is NOT reported to the screen, but to a file titled HASHCK.RPT (see HSHDSK for more details). HASHCK.RPT is the final result file to examine. .