Didn't somebody post on this topic recently? If so I can't find it. Anyway, lex ^D dumps core, because it tries to fprintf to fout and fout hasn't been opened. haynes at ucscc.ucsc.edu haynes at ucscc.bitnet ..ucbvax!ucscc!haynes "Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an Art." Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle