o.k. - i suk with windows. any clue how one would determine the path of, and exec IE5 in windoze? do i need to assume, as in unix, that it should be in the path? does ENV['PATH'] do the same thing? could i be any more clueless? ;-) any links you windoze guys could suggest? thanks! -a ==================================== | Ara Howard | NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory | Information and Technology Services | Data Systems Group | R/FST 325 Broadway | Boulder, CO 80305-3328 | Email: ara.t.howard / noaa.gov | Phone: 303-497-7238 | Fax: 303-497-7259 | The difference between art and science is that science is what we understand | well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else. | -- Donald Knuth, "Discover" | ~ > /bin/sh -c 'for lang in ruby perl; do $lang -e "print \"\x3a\x2d\x29\x0a\""; done' ====================================