etheis@partha[5] % ls a*b No match etheis@partha[6] % ksh $ exit etheis@partha[7] % ls a*b No match etheis@partha[8] % echo $status 1 etheis@partha[9] % ksh $ ls a*b a*b: No such file or directory $ echo $? 2 $ ===== Eric Theis eric_theis@yahoo.com --------------- John Conforti of Galloway, N.J., writes: A letter writer argued that calculators should be allowed if problem solving is being tested because "a mistake in computation would mask a student’s real ability to solve a problem." A college roommate of mine, hoping for partial credit, tried this reasoning in an engineering class taught by an elderly, Chinese, Nobel Prize-winning professor. The professor's response: "Partial credit? Partial credit!? You build bridge. Bridge fall down. You get partial credit!?" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo