Thanks all. But I understand that pdksh has the option and reak ksh doesn't. I just can't find any documentaion that the shell was changed or why. I know I used the option on all previous versions of FC/redhat (and had the pdksh). Why would Fedora group change this without any Googleable traces? __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs