At 03:30 12/11/2004, Bruce M Simpson wrote: >Also keep in mind that ash is not POSIX sh (at least not as completely >as one might like). [etc] Indeed. It's POSIX sh far more completely than one might like. /duck -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 rb at gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 940 1295