"FTP is great if you are looking for an excuse to twiddle your thumbs 15 minutes at work while reading the paper." FTP is an internationally recognized file transport protocol supported on a vast array of different operating systems. If one has a workstation, it takes a window, that's all. I normally have a dozen or so windows open at any given time, reflecting a dozen or so tasks I am carrying out in parallel. If time was a criteria in accomplishing any given administrative task, I'd never even read my email. -- richard ===== -- richard childers [log in to unmask] 1 415 506 2411 oracle data center -- unix systems & network administration Klein flask for rent. Inquire within.