OK that would work - thanks.

Thanks guys, although is more complex than what would be an equivalent "@FILEREMOVE" ! My need is to manage what is a file-based stack that is shared across many independent sessions and I want to "pop" the top value after it is read. If I logically invert the stack I guess I can use @TRUNCATE...

All of these are useful: @FILECLOSE Close a file handle @FILEOPEN Open a file handle @FILEREAD Read next line from a file handle @FILESEEKL Move a file handle pointer to a specified line @FILEWRITE Write next line to a file handle @FILEWRITEB Write data to a file handle @TRUNCATE Truncate...

Thanks for your suggestions - seems like there is no easy fix other than avoiding blanks in LFN - which is what I do anyway when it is under my control. The @QUOTE does seem useful however and I'll see where I might be able to make use of that. BH/seng

Hi, Appreciate if anyone can suggest how to overcome the presence of blanks in an environment variable used as a path in 4NT or TCC. The issue has arisen due to my root diretcory being moved onto a path that has imbedded blanks. For example: set apath=c:\directory with blanks\sub will not...