|Seriously, the -= sounds like a good idea I think EVERY command that gets a wrong set of options ought to report the proper "usage: ......." as an error. Face it - you will never get a consistent mechanism - as long as people write code. -- Bruce G. Barnett <barnett at ge-crd.ARPA> <barnett at steinmetz.UUCP> uunet!steinmetz!barnett