Sampsa Laine wrote: is there any simple way to execute a command on another DECNET node remotely, a la rexec or ssh? Not sure about VMS, but in RSX this can all be controlled from software. There is a library of functions to run, abort and fool around with tasks on other hosts. There are also parts available from the command line: .nft /he NFT is the Network File Transfer utility. It can perform file transfers and file operations over the network. Information is available for the following operations: APPEND (/AP) .............. File Append commands COPY ...................... File Transfer commands DELETE (/DE) .............. File Deletion commands DEFAULTS (/DF) ............ Set/Examine Defaults commands DIRECTORY (/AT,/BR,/LI,/FU) Directory list commands EXECUTE (/EX) ............. File Execution commands IDENTIFY (/ID) ............ Identify commands PROTECTION (/PR)........... File Protection commands RENAME (/RE) .............. File Rename command SPOOL (/SP) ............... File Spooling commands SUBMIT (/SB) .............. File Submission commands And the following subjects: DATA CHECKING (/DC) ....... Remote file transfer data checking FILESPECS ................. File Specification syntax NODE NAMES ................ Node and Access control syntax MODES (/AS,/AX,/BK,/IM,/RC) File transfer Mode switches QUOTES .................... Quoting foreign filespecs SWITCHES .................. NFT switch summary VERSION NUMBERS ........... Version number processing . So, you can both run, submit to the spooler or the batch, files to remote machines. Johnny