Sorry, in transcribing this from my TeX machine to my e-mail machine, I introduced two errors : it should have read : > \documentclass {article} > \begin {document} > \def \noescape #1{} > \edef \fileone {\expandafter \expandafter \expandafter \noescape > \expandafter \string \csname file_one\endcsname} > \include \fileone > \end {document} ** Phil.