In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Bart) writes: > For the last few days, whenever I try to use edit in a subdirectory (of my > VAX account), it gives me: > > 1 (first line of whatever I'm editing) > * > > rather than showing the whole document like it always has, and still does in my > main directory. I haven't changed the protection on the subdirectories or any > of the files, and I know it was working normal before Christmas break. Any > ideas what's wrong? Issue the following command: SHOW SYMBOL EDIT If the symbol equates to "EDIT/EDT", this is your problem. Look in your LOGIN.COM for a line that looks like: $ EDIT == "EDIT/EDT" Removing (or commenting out) this line should fix the problem the next time you log in. -- Kent Covert, Software Coordinator Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH [log in to unmask] (internet) kacovert@miavx1 (bitnet)