>Looks like I should just change the Makefile file for LSV_aliases to read > > echo "$(NEW_A): \"|$(BINDIR)/lsv_amin $(LSVSPOOL) -t $(NEW_A)\"" >>>$(ALIASES); \ No! Because in fact the absolute path to the LSVSPOOL directory <takes the place> of "-t" in the alias. If you need to code an absolute path it should look like this: l-whv: "|/etc/local/bin/lsv_amin /var/spool/listserv l-whv" So what you really want is echo "$(NEW_A): \"|$(BINDIR)/lsv_amin $(LSVSPOOL) $(NEW_A)\"" >>$(ALIASES); \ Although we don't really advocate modifying the non-user-configurable area of the Makefile. I'm looking at modifying the Makefile for a future release in order to solve this issue, which is really only an issue if you are using the precompiled binaries and aren't using the default for LSVSPOOL. On the other hand, Bill, if you're not using the precompiled binaries, lsv_amin already knows that "-t" refers to whatever value you set in LSVSPOOL when it was made, so if that's the case it's in fact not an issue. Nathan