Hi Kent, > I set - > -backpath /home/kent/.joe_bak > in /etc/joe/joerc > but each time I try to edit a file and save I get - > Could not make backup file. Save anyway (y,n,^C)? Just to make sure: /home/kent/.joe_bak exists and is a directory writable by you, right? I have a similar setup here without any problems. Works under potato and AIX with a locally compiled joe 2.8. Regards, Manuel