IJ> where is your semaphor directory??  It's in fdsetup... mine is in \fd\sema
IJ> directory .. if your batch file starts like this
IJ> cd\fd\sema
IJ> and then

\FD\SEMA  ..... it works fine how I have it, so I won't run into any probs 
that way.  Oh well.

IJ> Something else to note.  I saw in some other examples that there were some
IJ> wait statements.... the freezing of the nodes doesn't haoppen right away U
IJ> have to make sure there is a delay of sorts to give the nodes a chance to g
IJ> off line.

Been like that since I first setup FD 2.2x back in 94/95 and works like I 
champ, so I'm not changing. 

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