Put the line biff n in your .profile (or .bashrc, or .bash_profile...whichever file you happen to keep your shell initialization stuff in). Or maybe even stick that line in your global profile. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV | From the pines down to the projects, Email: davros at ycardz.com | Life pushes up through the cracks. Phone: (972) 276-6360 | And it's only going forward, ICQ: 36621210 | And it's never going back.--Small Potatoes