Nesting a Submit command in another Submit command

[G J]

Hi all,
            I am trying to loop a submit command in another submit command so every "tomorrow" it automatically
            re-runs itself .  But the problem is that if I execute the @ command the submit statement will hold in the
           BATCH QUEUE but if  instead of executing the @ command I use a SUBMIT command it kills off the job.
                 OpenVMS V8.3


sample code:

$!_______________________________________________________________________
$!PROGRAM    : PURGE_SERVER.COM 07-NOV-2013 GJ
$!DESCRIPTION: PURGES THE VARIOUS DIRECTORIES DATA WAS TRANSFERRED TO.
$!_______________________________________________________________________
$!
$SUBMIT/AFTER=TOMORROW PURGE_SERVER
$PURGE/LOG/KEEP=2 DKX500:[000000...]*.*
EXIT


$@PURGE_SERVER                           works

Batch queue SYS$BATCH, idle, on TRSS3::

  Entry  Jobname                      Username             Status
  -----       -------                           --------                     ------
    329  PURGE_SERVER           SYSTEM               Holding until  4-JAN-2014 00:00:00.00



HOWEVER

$Submit   PURGE_SERVER.com      DOES NOT WORK


Thanks in advance











 		 	   		  
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