Stuart Anderson wrote: > > Would a plain ASCII file serve the purpose? > Using a format such as > FOO="bar" Yep! I already use it !! :-) /etc/version NAME="Bad Penguin" COMPATIBLE="Debian" VERSION="0.6.0pre4" MAJOR="0" MINOR="6" PATCHLEVEL="pre4" CODENAME="Firegarden" # :-) RELEASEDATE="`date`" Hopeing this help to find a way thru' this babylon :-) Regards, Antonio Gallo (AGX)