Tue Dec 24 22:41:39 EST 1996 SCO's awk has a -e option which is similar to gawk's --source option, allowing you to specify the script anywhere on the awk command line. This can be a problem, since gawk will install itself as `awk' in $(bindir). If this is ahead of /bin and /usr/bin in the search path, several of SCO's scripts that use -e will break, since gawk does not accept this option. The solution is simple. After doing a `make install', do: rm -f /usr/local/bin/awk # or wherever it is installed. This removes the `awk' symlink so that SCO's programs will continue to work. If you complain to me about this, I will fuss at you for not having done your homework. Arnold Robbins arnold@gnu.ai.mit.edu