Guys, I'm trying to write a shell script to submit to the xfs team as an additional regression test. To fit into there test framework, it has to produce identical out put every time it is run. Unfortunately, I am getting some shell notification messages that are causing me problems. i.e. # sleep 60 & [1] 6728 # kill $! # (wait a couple of seconds then hit a return with no input) [1]+ Terminated sleep 60 # It is the 2 shell notification messages above that are giving me problems. Does anyone know a way to capture them, or turn of this type of notification? Greg Freemyer Internet Engineer Deployment and Integration Specialist Compaq ASE - Tru64 v4, v5 Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect The Norcross Group www.NorcrossGroup.com