On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:35:51 +0200 joost@topaz.mdcc.cx (Joost Kooij) wrote: <very long and good explanation snipped> Thanks Joost. I was actually being ironic when I mentioned my 'scant' knowledge. At least I am happy to report that I know how init works, but I am still a little wary of fooling with shell scripting of any sort. Funny thing is that I *do* understand moderately complex Perl a lot better. Am I weird or not? Thanks again, Mart