Thanks Jaraxal, apparently I didn't communicate that well enough to tmchow.
But, yes, basically noclobber prevents you from overwriting a file that already exists.
BTW, that .cshrc file is actually from an account I have on a box running Solaris 2.7. Bascially the same though. I mean you're using the same shell. Not always the same, but I edited out the parts, or most of the parts that wouldn't apply, OR would compromise system security. My .cshrc is actually about twice as many lines as what I've disclosed here, but they're all system/OS oriented...Soooo.....you do not get to see those.