> I think "Setterm" was able to set the screen blanker timeout, or turn it off. Yes, setterm can do it. However, all it takes is sending an escape sequence to the console. The sequence is "\033[9;n]", where n is the desired interval in minutes. This can esily be done from a shell script without the need of setterm. David -- David Engel Optical Data Systems, Inc. david@ods.com 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081