Csh script with Undefined variable error

i still get errors, no matter if i run it in bg or fg...update for now, I sent my changes (ksh at the top, commented out some un-commented comment lines) to SAP to run it with some test background job...so now i keep my fingers crossed until they come back to me.

It also dawned upon me a realization that I did not understand what I was doing and didn't want to mess the system AND I got tons of learning to do

That is a good realization.. Those parameters are replacement characters used by SAP and they have a specific meaning and they are replaced by actual values that are being passed to the script before it is run. Inside the script you can see tests for these parameters..

Thanks for the explanation, you've been a great help!