On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Shengchao Li wrote: > : {3} env TERM=xterm > HOME=/home/lish > SHELL=/bin/csh > TERM=xterm I think you meant to do.... export TERM=xterm Running `env TERM=xterm' only sets the TERM variable for the duration of `env' commmand. See `man env' for details. -brian.