On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Kevin Shackleton wrote: > n = 1 > while true do > mkdir n > mcopy b:*.* n > n = n + 1 > echo "change discs, press a key" > read JUNK > done Try: n=1 while true do mkdir $n mcopy b:*.* $n n=$(($n + 1)) echo -n "change discs, press a key: " read JUNK done the "echo -n" is optional :) It just looks prettier - Matt