Please allow me to add one off-topic comment. I'm not sure but an onlineware 'Flush it!' would work like "sync". /// Hiroaki OE // hiro-o@sam.hi-ho.ne.jp /// /// I heard you singing / A merry air /// ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch