In Regards to your letter <9604171750.AA16458@metro.apple.com>: > Hmmm. How do you reopen stdout? Dup from STDERR ala: > > open(STDOUT, ">&STDERR"); Also open( DUPER, "> $filename" ) || .... open( STDOUT, ">& DUPER" ) || .... tim. time@ice.com (UUCP: heifetz!tbomb!time) USENET - a slow moving self parody... ph