I just noticed this thread and consulted the whoami I wrote when I migrated from System III to Xenix... expr "Z`id`" : "Zuid=[0-9]*(\([^)]*\))" -- Yours etc., Tony Olekshy. Internet: tony%oha at CS.UAlberta.CA BITNET: tony%oha.uucp at UALTAMTS.BITNET uucp: alberta!oha!tony He who has nothing to assert has no style and can have none.--Shaw