For those with an interest, Apple has a page of new features in the upcoming Panther release of OS X targetted at OSS and Unix: http://www.apple.com/macosx/newfeatures/opensourceandunix.html -- D. Alan Stewart Senior Software Developer Layton Graphics, Inc. 155 Woolco Drive Marietta, GA 30065 Voice: 770/973-4312 Fax: 800/367-8192 http://www.layton-graphics.com