Hi, i am new comer/bie. --*PW32 the Posix-over-Win32 layer*-- http://sourceforge.net/projects/pw32 PW32 is primarily C runtime library for Win32 aiming to POSIX compliance. Its main concerns are effeciency and support even for low-end Win9x systems. Also, PW32 is collection of ported software, aiming to be GNU (etc.) distribution for Win32. LGPL. i have no time to test. if this work, tell me. sorry my lazy cut/paste. global funny thing? no *.hi file errors. ignore below message... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/