Nakaba, Rebecca N. wrote: > Okay thanks! > But when I try to do that, I get this: > > bash-3.2$ .$AIPS_ROOT/LOGIN.SH > bash: ./LOGIN.SH: Permission denied You misread my instruction There is a space between the . (period) and the file name. This changes what it does from trying to execute the file into basically sourcing it. Eric Greisen