Mark Benson wrote: Funny, I sent myself an e-mail with the URL of that self-same page only this morning. Lots a' reading to do. I have a working OpenVMS box now but not the faintest clue how to operate it. :) RTFM to the power 20 I think is required! The "help" command on VMS is your friend. Waaaay better than "man" on UNIX. Peace... Sridhar