While my mind is stupidly blank at the moment, I do know that there are already utilities to convert from DOS to UNIX and back. But a trick for reading UNIX text files on a winblows box comes to mind right off. Open the file with your web browser. You can't edit it, but it will read great. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net Cluelessness There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots