I might be the only living one who has the expansion of $? in $PS1. (And who's "~/.shrc" gives a _somewhat_ portable PS1 with last-component-of HOSTNAME and PWD.) --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)