* Eric G. Miller (egm2@jps.net) spake thusly: [ sizeof stuff snipped ] Of course, writing char buf[80]; buflen = sizeof(buf); makes no sense. It's not like you don't know what buffer length is. #define BUFLEN 80 char buf[BUFLEN]; ... Dima -- Surely there is a polite way to say FOAD. -- Shmuel Metz "Fornicate Off And Decease". -- Rik Steenwinkel