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From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net>
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ok - i was stupid.  here's my own answer.

i accidently created the file "script*", which i thought was
"script", because with "ls -F" (which i always use), "script" 
shows up as "script*".

ugggh!  sorry.  i thought it was some X protective feature!  :(.
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