I, for one, will continue to call them capabilities. The illiteracy of the POSIX community is not a good reason to abandon the term. When the issue comes up, just point out that the POSIX community can't read. Jonathan S. Shapiro, Ph. D. Research Staff Member IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Email: shapj@us.ibm.com Phone: +1 914 784 7085 (Tieline: 863) Fax: +1 914 784 7595