Austin Isler said: >> > >> >> (xclock &) & >> >> >> >> not sure what it's called, but that works. i used >> >> to knwo the name, but >> >> i've become old and stupid. > > AMPERSAND!!!!! i know what the & symbol is called, you can't be a sysadmin for 7+ years without learning that one. i don't remember what encapsulating a commanmd within the (parenthesis) is called, it has a specific name. -d -+(duncan brown -+(duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -+(http://www.linuxadvocate.net () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. -- George Eliot