I have used writev() on Linux for many years. Never had a problem. -- Ioannis Tambouras ioannis@flinet.com, West Palm Beach, Florida Signed pgp-key on key server. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .