::> i'm thinking that i might have to do something like (from memory) dmake
::> &2>>&1>comp.txt or whatever it is that i do to grab
STDERR as well as STDO
::> at least i _think_ that's what i need to do... just doing a simple redirec
::> dmake > comp.txt didn't give me any error messages like i was wanting...

Try doing:

dmake >comp.txt 2>comp.err

so that stdout and stderr go to different files. 

#  Herbert Bushong    harchon{at}centuryinter.net       [TEAM OS/2]    
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