On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:31:48 -0700 "Robin H. Johnson" wrote: > printf "_rc%d%04d%02d%02d",$RC,$YEAR,$MONTH,$DAY Funnily enough... If we're going by PMS drafts, that's illegal whereas multiple suffixes are legal. PMS permits multiple suffixes, but limits any individual version component to eight digits to avoid problems with integer overflows, floating point precision etc. -- Ciaran McCreesh