I think I understand the current logic in this: VERSON = ' ' -> Look in $RUNFIL for XXX.uuu Look in $RUNSYS for XXX.001 VERSON = something -> Look in $VERSON for XXX.uuu Look in $VERSON for XXX.001 So you could put a run file named XXX.001 in $RUNFIL and have everyone set version='runfil' Eric