Grab the file SG1::[DECNET]NU2.COM. Ignore the errors. It does depend on MIM being defined as 1.13. This procedure makes use of the file MIM::DU4:[DECNET]NODENAMES.DAT. Johnny creates this file for this procedure. I will not update your area nodes - that is your responsibility. It can be run interactively or via batch. It must be run from a priv'd account. Steve, Edumacation question. There are a number of places in NU2.COM where it uses the switch /end_fo_file= [sic] Unless I'm missing something "meta" about how this thing works, and assuming it _does_ work, that succeeds in spite of the typo because... ...DCL only looks at the first 4? De