Hi Joachim, the bug you mention is actually a bug in glibc 2.0.x (if you're using glibc). For more infos and a fix for this bug (the fix will be in glibc 2.0.7) see: http://www-gnats.gnu.org:8080/cgi-bin/wwwgnats.pl/full/423 Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de jaeger@informatik.uni-kl.de for pgp-key finger ajaeger@alma.student.uni-kl.de