I've always found mgdiff quite useful, and am surprised it hasn't an rpm among the extras. OTOH, it does have a dependency on lesstif, so it isn't exactly lightweight. I can see why someone might object to encumbering their system with lesstif & other cruft, just to get one utility running. Would anyone like to recommend a substitute? (Mgdiff is an X front end for diff. It displays diffs horizontally rather than vertically, as diff does.) -- Douglas Frank HP Co. ZKO 110 Spit Brook Rd. The older I get, 603-884-0501 Nashua, NH USA 03062 the better I was.