Hello Maurice,

 MK> While I have your attention, what do you think about the ftn address
 MK> splitting routine?  I use it for things like;

I think it's exactly what I was looking for..

 MK>   bso_ctrl_basename=$(printf "%04x%04x" $destNet $destNode)

 MK> Works like a charm.

It does, I have used it a couple times here already. I need to expand that into
a bash script (or maybe 3) for the missing send, request and poll from the old
husky huskmisc/ directory. Time is way short though, I have family arriving
soon (again) but I'm going to get to it and I'll likely need your help.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

... Oh no, not another learning experience!
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