The syntax for tail(1) is tail [-options] [file] Excess file arguments are silently ignored. No big deal, but should be manualled under BUGS. It's bad enough that they started numbering from 1 instead of 0 ... -- Col. G. L. Sicherman UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel CS: colonel at buffalo-cs BI: csdsicher at sunyabva