ok, I give up -- how do I tell tar to extract a tarball to a location other than ./ ? I 've been through the info pages but didn't notie the solution in any of the obvious places. thanks, matt -------------------------- .''`. Matt Price : :' : Debian User `. `'` & hemi-geek `- -------------------------- if you're an evil spambot, these addresses are for you: aardvark@derailleur.org, zeus@derailleur.org