>However it's reason d'etre is indicated by its name, short for catenate. It's purpose is to take multiple files and catenate all the input into a single output stream.
And, catenate is intuitive? My point was that all OS's have a LIST command. I was told that LIST was an invalid description of what the command did. What word would you pick? I saw UNIX before I saw TSO (not before I saw JCL)! What's with these strange names? That has been my complaint since 1976! And, what kind of word is catenate? Concatenate is a valid english word! - -teD O-KAY! BLUE! JAYS! Let's PLAY! BALL! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

