> Can anyone explain this in plain English.? I understand that a portion of messages is being written to mesg.temp, > and that the rest is deleted. Just don't get where $1 and $LINES is being generated from. Cheers. man sh and look for "positional parameters". -- Joel Rees <rees@xxxxxxxxxxx> digitcom, inc. 株式会社デジコム Kobe, Japan +81-78-672-8800 ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp> **
