Peter wrote: > FYI there are standalone precompiled free versions of bash.exe grep.exe > awk.exe tar.exe gzip.exe bzip2.exe etc downloadable from the internet > (various versions). Just use a search engine to locate them. There is no > need to install full cygwin to exec one of these. MinGW is an interesting collection of utilities like Peter describes. Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist