Bart Oldeman wrote: > if [ -n "$2" -a -n "${2%%-*}" ]; then I tried your substitution under Kubuntu 6.10. Two comments: 1. There's one more instance where the substitution must be made: line 98. 2. xdosemu loads fine, though there is one error message upon loading: [: 373: 0: unexpected operator - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html