Ian Jackson wrote: > In case dpkg is too difficult a program, try the rune: > dd if=/dev/zero | true > which should say > jura:~> dd if=/dev/zero | true > 1+0 records in > 0+0 records out > Broken pipe > jura:~> > rather than > jura:~> dd if=/dev/zero | true > dd: /dev/full: Broken pipe > 1+0 records in > 0+0 records out > jura:~> I can verify the latter output in an xterm. -- see shy jo