> malloc: /home/swt/doko/export/packages/bash/bash-2.05a/make_cmd.c:67: assertion botched > malloc: block on free list clobbered > Stopping myself... > > I don't know enough about this error to make anything of it. I don't *have* a /home/swt directory This line documents the source file in which the assertion is located. This basically means that bash has a bug, or a library it uses. It should probably be reported as a bug of bash if it hasn't already.