Interesting. I didn't realize system files can be "appended to." You learn something new every day I guess. Greg On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 08:04:29AM -0700, Brian Buhrow wrote: > Hello. Your problem is probably that you have the noclobber shell > variable set so you don't accidentally overwrite existing files. this is a > shell error, not a problem with the system per say. > Try: > > echo "[:dv pr 250]" >> /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth_direct > > -Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@xxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup