> # empty out toc.input >> toc.input > # run once to get a sample ToC, but page numbers will be off > nroff file > /dev/null 2> toc.input > # run again to get proper page numbers into toc.input > nroff file > /dev/null 2> toc.input > # run a 3rd time to get the right output, ignoring stderr this time > nroff file 2>/dev/null You know, this whole discussion renews my total puzzlement at why anyone would use nroff instead of something else... anything else. Yow! I know that not everyone likes xml2rfc, but I don't even want to think about nroff. Barry _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf