Speaking of standardizing paths: is there a convention how to locate files that are supposed to live in /etc (like /etc/magic)? Currently, I try u:\etc and $ETCDIR... -- --------------------------------------------------- Julian F. Reschke, Hensenstr. 142, D-48161 Muenster eMail: reschke@math.uni-muenster.de jr@ms.maus.de ___________________________________________________