> Sure. Create (or edit it if it already exists) a file in your login > directory called LOGIN.COM. The LOGIN.COM file is the file that's executed > each time you log into the system (like the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in DOS). In > this file, place the following line: > > $ DIR*ECTORY :== DIR/SIZE/DATE > > The * lets the system know the shortest abbreviated form to allow. > Therefore, DIR, DIRECT, or DIRECTORY should all work. > > After you save the LOGIN.COM file, you can run it with LOGIN command at the > $ prompt. This will setup the symbol redefinition. > Kent, I added one other thing to my login.com $ DIR*ECTORY :== DIR/SIZE/DATE/PAGE Just in case the directory list runs over one page. Just a suggestion. -- Richard L. Bales 228 Hughes Laboratories Department of Chemistry Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056 Phone: (513) 529-3158 Fax: (513) 529-5715 Vmail: (513) 529-1699 ext 93158 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.muohio.edu/~chmcwis Department of Chemisty Computer System Administrator Chemical Storekeeper