I have found a problem when using the time command. From the man page -o FILE, --output=FILE -a, --append
So the command 'time -a -o log makebzImage' should log the time used to compile the kernel (in this example) to the file 'log'. What is does instead is : bash: -a: command not found Then reports the time when the compile completes. Nothing is appended to the log file. the man page example: The man page example: time -f "%E real,%U user,%S sys" ls -Fs returns: bash: -f: command not found real 0m0.015s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.020s My question is, is this a problem version of bash I have installed, or is the time program slink installs just not working as advertised? bash -version GNU bash, version 2.01.1(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu) %uname -a Linux mtntop 2.2.6 #21 Thu Apr 22 14:03:47 EDT 1999 i686 unknown Could someone running Potato with bash 2.02.1-1.3, see if the same thing happens there? Thanks -- "But what we need to know is, do people want nasally-insertable computers?" _______________________________________________________ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>