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

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