When you access: node"username password"::"TASK=filename" then there are a limit on 16 characters on the filename. Solutions: 1) Enter the file in the NCP database. $ MCR NCP NCP> DEFINE OBJECT shortname NUMBER 0 FILE filename NCP> EXIT access node"username password"::"TASK=shortname" 2) Define a logical for file. $ DEFINE/SYSTEM shortname filename access node"username password"::"TASK=shortname"