On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 02:18:02AM +0100, Veins wrote: > why not use tar xvf to extract the archive and save the output in a log file > that you can then pass Too install the set you really need the -p option too. And if you just want to make a list of the contents why not use tar -tzvf ? Regards, Ward -- I'll get you next time, Gadget. Next time.