greg you might wanna look at the slackware package for abcde on my site at http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/download.shtml hth -- Shaun Oliver "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person." email: shaun.oliver at optusnet.com.au WEB: http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ IRC: irc.awesomechat.net:6666 IRCNICK: blindman