\_ SMTP quoth Dominic Busher on 8/9/2001 06:29 as having spake thusly: \_ \_ I have users who telnet into my Linux server to run \_ minicom. Once they log in I would like to \_ automatically change thier directory and bring up \_ minicom. Thanks. stuff the following loosely in their .bash... um, whichever bash thing it is that gets read at the bottom if [[ has tty ]] # eg: really logging in print "press ^C now to abort minicom launch" sleep 6 minicom fi YMMV. David