If you are familiar with rexx, you'll be happy to know IBM kaes it available for Linux .... no charge. Check out http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/obj-rexx/linux/index.html I haven't used it yet, but plan to install it shortly. Just thought I'd pass this info along in case there's Linux newbies shy of Perl, Python, bash, ... programming skills.... rexx might help people with the transition to Linux... Cheers, Don