>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> writes: Hi, Martin> BTW, there's nothing like /dev/zero for FFs. The best way I figured Martin> out to pad the block with FFs is with: Martin> perl -e "print pack('C', 0xff) x $pad" You can also use tr to convert /dev/zero's output, E.G: cat /dev/zero|tr \\0 \\377 -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard