for d in $BASEDIR $SBINDIR $BINDIR $LIBDIR $VARDIR $PRIVATEDIR; do What's up with PIDDIR and LOCKDIR, shouldn't they be in there as well? Your thoughts are requested :) Thanks, Nir. -- Nir Soffer -=3D- Software Engineer, Exanet Inc. -=3D- "The poor little kittens; They lost their mittens; And now you all must die. Mew, Mew, Mew, Mew,=20 And now you all must die." www.sluggy.com, 24/10/02