On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 12:32:43PM -0500, Scott Overfield 7239 wrote: ummm.. i know this is a newby question, but how can i add directories to my search path and make them stay? Depends on what shell you use, but this is done from rc files. Common ones: bash: $HOME/.bashrc csh/tcsh: $HOME/.cshrc ksh: $HOME/.profile Dennis Kelly Network Administrator College of Engineering Michigan State University