Will Lowe writes: > I abhor init scripts that do something like: > #!/bin/sh > . /etc/default/$package # this contains "RUN_AT_BOOT=YES" > test "$RUN_AT_BOOT" -eq "YES" || exit 0 Try: . /etc/default/package # this contains "RUN_package_AT_BOOT" test -z "$RUN_package_AT_BOOT" && echo $0 | grep -q '^S' && exit 0 -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI