While Howard and Kent seem to have this covered, there are a few FAQs you may want to peruse.
(almost) everything you wanted to know about RUN and SHELL
File Input/Output Primer
(mis)use of quotes
p.s. where $ is used within quotes, it should be $$.
[ 30 April 2002, 06:19: Message edited by: LLigetfa ]
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