I wrote: > This is what I use in our Makefile (abreviated version attached): > > %.tar.gz: all %.boot > erl -noshell -s systools make_script $* -s erlang halt > erl -noshell -s systools make_tar $* -s erlang halt I should have said that I use it as: $ make January2001.tar.gz where I have a release file named January2001.rel -Vance