The existence of /tmp and /usr/tmp is a throwback to older versions of UNIX (v6 and prior); I believe "user" programs (the same ones that went into /usr/bin, which was originally publicly writable!) used /usr/tmp. Nowadays /tmp is normally used by all programs (or it should be, anyway). Dave Sherman Toronto -- {allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!dave