On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 04:23:05AM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > Umm. What possible good would it do to parse dd output? Check the > return code. or stat the output file if you are paranoid. It was a way to determine file size in the absence of wc. But if you've enabled wc in b-f busybox, there is no longer any need. Regards, Mark.