singhals wrote: > > I've done it by hand, and it's not /that/ onerous, I suppose that depends on how many hits there are. >but the person who needs it would reach for the smellin' salts if I mentioned Unix or even > CMD lines. > I suppose it's the absence of familiar sights such as the BSOD that puts them off. -- Ian Hotmail is for spammers. Real mail address is igoddard at nildram co uk

Ian Goddard wrote: > singhals wrote: > >> >> I've done it by hand, and it's not /that/ onerous, > > > I suppose that depends on how many hits there are. > Or one's def of onerous? (g) > >> but the person who needs it would reach for the smellin' salts if I >> mentioned Unix or even CMD lines. >> > > I suppose it's the absence of familiar sights such as the BSOD that puts > them off. No,it's more that not everyone involved with genealogy knows or cares how a computer does what it does for them, combined with my personal lack of enthusiasm for the notion of instilling that knowledge into an unwilling someone's consciousness. Cheryl