Just noticed that test1 contains both python-2.3.3 with optparse and python-Optik modules. From my reading, optparse _is_ Optik so the only thing gained from this is being able to 'import Optik' in scripts instead of 'import optparse' (Which is a forward compatibility feature of Optik 1.4.1 too.) Not a big deal, but it may confuse some people new to python if they are trying to decide what module to use to parse their command line arguments. Python and optik pages detailing that Optik was merged into python as optparse: http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.3/whatsnew/node18.html#SECTION0001820000000000000000 http://optik.sourceforge.net/ -Toshio -- Toshio <toshio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>