gah... shows one shouldn't try to comprehend anything prior to the first 64oz of caffine /sigh <humor> #scan-post.ram @0700 < optimum-caffine > output hmmm looks like simple error... </humor> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, John Rowan Littell wrote: > Er, background? That's merely redirecting STDERR to STDOUT (STDERR is > file handle 2, and STDOUT is file handle 1). > > --rowan