[Chris Merrill] > What are my options? Can I execute the script in some > way that doesn't create a child script? "source script" or ". script" that runs the contents of the script in the existing shell -- James Manning <jmm@computer.org> GPG Key fingerprint = B913 2FBD 14A9 CE18 B2B7 9C8E A0BF B026 EEBB F6E4