On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 03:53:22PM -0500, Jay Kline wrote: > But my question still remains, how does one figure out what is going on when it > fails like this? The open directive seems to be hit or miss, is there no way to > find out what is going on other than to probe for each possible case individualy? Check $!. -- With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States. - Alan Cox "To prevent unauthorized reading..." - Adobe eBook reader license