> I don't see any reason > to write scripts in the C-shell, except for the aforementioned > exercising of masochistic tendencies. I do. csh(1) has a lot of built-in execution, whereas sh(1) has to fork a separate process (test(1)) for every bloody "if" test. Bourne shell scripts, on our poor overloaded VAX 750, are slooooooow. --Greg