Hi James, I understand. Of course it would be easier if you could unpack it in Linux. Did you try downloading the file a second time. Maybe the file got munged in the download process? Just a thought. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT