No. You understood the question. I'm like that... I can solve massively complex problems, but will often miss a perfectly simple solution that is staring me in the face. Thanks to you and Andy Warren for pointing this out. James Newton, PICList Admin #3 mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 phone http://www.piclist.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Simon Nield To: Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 02:15 Subject: Re: [EE]: How to find the changes in a new version of a file fc oldfile.txt newfile.txt > changes.txt or diff oldfile newfile > changes then parse the changes file if that's not enough... which is so simple i have probably misunderstood the question. Regards, Simon -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.