CompuServe Messages

Hilary: This is very strange. Unless there is something wrong with your operating system, redirection of output to the NIL: device should work just fine. All it does is throw away the stuff that command would normally write to your screen. Try this: open a cli or shell and type in: echo "hi there" When you hit the return key, you should see the words — hi there — written out to your window. Now, type in: echo >NIL: "hi there" And hit the return key. This time, the words — hi there — will NOT be written to your window, because you redirected them (using the > ) to the NIL: device (which simply means that they went to bit heaven). You shouldn't be having this problem if you really have the redirection going to NIL:. What is the full command you are using? ?|^] Ray Lewis