The difference between windows and unix with new lines is not something inherant in how they store a file. If for instance you edit a file that resides on a linux box using windows, your new lines will have the two caracters. Now for the record, this was not some stupid trick thought up by mr gates. If you happen to want to blame someone blame Digital for making cpm follow this convention. There are both windows and unix programs to either add or strip the extra character out of the lines. Alternativly, if you just want to view a file, you can use internet explorer. It handles the unix style files just fine. Or you could write a new editor for use in windows. Or you could just go with linux. Or you could just go with windows, or you could.... ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net "When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missle at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive." - President George Bush
