Vin Shelton <acs(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: Since you can't depend on someone's path not pointing to a vendor zcat, which won't understand .gz files, it's better to suggest "gzip -c" instead of "zcat". Also, the "<" is superfluous. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Harkless | To prevent SPAM contamination, please dan-xemacs(a)dilvish.speed.net | do not post this private email address SpeedGate Communications, Inc. | to the USENET or WWW. Thank you.