Hi, Thanks for the response. Looks like the file I fetched from tsx-11 was bad. Probably a very old copy which was renamed. I got a copy from ftp.debian.org and everything is fine - No a.out files on my system! Cheers, --Amos --Amos Shapira | "Of course Australia was marked for 133 Shlomo Ben-Yosef st. | glory, for its people had been chosen Jerusalem 93 805 | by the finest judges in England." ISRAEL amoss@dsi.co.il | -- Anonymous