On 17 Jan 2013, at 16:59, "Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" <system at TMESIS.COM> wrote: sampsa at mac.com writes: Aaaaaaargh, I just mapped SYS$ERROR to net, and there was a bug in my python code that wouldn't let it run. There's an old adage: Shit happens! Here is my corollary: Shit happens for/with a reason! ;) Yup, good old stderror, it was like a missing equals sign. Probably 4 hours tracking that down. Oh well, live and learn. Sampsa