I should know this but it's been a while. :-( how do you force changes to your .bash_profile to take effect without logging out and logging back in. -- pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Dos and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. http://freelists.dhs.org/lists/snafuu.html http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy