Hi, If you are porting source written for x86 linux, endianness isn't a problem (the VAX is also little endian). Most C code won't have the problem anyway; sockets code should be using htonl and family. For the most part, DEC has gone through a lot of trouble to make porting easy. Paths can be specified as /dir/dir/file, for example. If you have the manuals for the VAX, you won't have trouble. Avi Shevin anshevin@aol.com