I tried to set up an alias for shutdown -h now and worked fine. When I rebooted it was gone. Is this a one time thing each session or can I save my alaises to a file for all sessions? Thanks Paul Go here to see the TKCL proposed knife calendar pictures! http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1172947&a=8635040 Join my new Knife Collector's Forum at: http://pub26.ezboard.com/bcollectorsknives93591