Right!... whoever recommended Free Pascal, I want to thank you again so very much as I did get it installed easily and am as I write (on another machine) running my first little tool which is to auto-run the notlame encoder (also recommended here!) to mass convert a 23 track rip off a CD. The utility I wrote did nothing very special other than write text which got directed into go.sh and was thus the basis of the executable shell script. This is as good as writing the entire program and a darned sight faster. I can make any bits available if I produce something that appeals to someone else's needs. GA! with a grin. ..... or someone very like me! _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list