>edd@miles:~> time zcat bash.1.gz | groff -man > /dev/null >0.05user 0.01system 0:06.56elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k >0inputs+0outputs (75major+45minor)pagefaults 0swaps > >So it is _faster_ to use the compressed man pages. Errrrrrrr. You're timeing zcat there, and not groff at all. Bruce has already commented about clearing the cache. ttfn/rjk [halfway through an almost succesful hardware upgrade]