>In order to do an occassional PACK of the DBC/DBFs, I wondered if there was a convenient way to log-off all users so I can get EXCLUSIVE use in the early morning hours.
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>I wondered what would happen if the READ EVENTS command was in a
>DO...WHILE loop that monitored the system clock
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>i.e. At 1:00am, the program would run a shutdown routine.
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>Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

You could also have NT or Netware log all of the users out at a certain time. Although, this is a little more brute force.