> > Standard error is unbuffered, eg, one char at a time, so it makes one > > write system call per character, hence its slowness. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Surely you mean "per call". Nope, "per character" makes much more sense than "it makes one write system call per call." -- Jim Webb "Out of phase--get help" ihnp4!houxm!hropus!jrw