I did not see the full scope of the question. I am away from my Debian box. Alan, would you send a very clear, concise e-mail back to the list that better explains what you want? If the current scrpt fails in some respect then it can be updated -- that is the Debian way (-: Post a bug, make an update. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null