For those of you guys who have noticed the many differences between
batch and interactive, there may be a solution in sight.  There are now
two words (on kim & charm only) AT and BATCH, which do the desired command
in batch, PUTTING THE LOG FILE in the current default directory, and setting
the current default directory for the batch job to be the same as the
interactive job's default was.
    
    AT is used in place of an @ sign, when you are gonna execute a command
file anyways.

    BATCH is used for symbols or DCL commands (you can also type another
@ sign).

    Both of them are implemented as command files.  Each takes its list of
parameters, and examines each parameter in turn.  Until it finds a parameter
that does NOT start with a slash, the com file collects switches; these
are assumed to be qualifiers for batch (like /NONOTIFY or /PRINT or /NOLOG).
As soon as it finds one that does NOT start with a slash, the rest of the line
is assumed to be the command to execute (an @ sign is prepended in the case of
AT).  The defaults for batch submission are /LOG='default'BATCH/NOPRINT/NOTIFY
(/NOPRINT implies, since the log file won't be printed, it won't automatically
get deleted either).

    As usual, if any of my bugs should be caught unkilled, I will disavow any
knowlege or retractions.

sas