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Bart, The funny "unknown command" errors you're seeing are the result of the function returns from OPEN(), etc. being interpreted as a command. You should either capture the return in a variable (e.g. test = open(…)) or use the CALL instruction to invoke the function. The reason the messages seem to go away when you use the RX command to run the program is that the default host for commands is being changed from WShell (which reports unknown command errors) to AREXX (which just silently returns the error.) In both cases unwanted commands are being issued. -Bill Hawes