Thanks for your reply, > > * Suddenly I could no longer redirect the output of this program, and the > > two > > files it created were now blank. > [snip]
> Did you forget to close the files Thanks for that, that's fixed the writing of the files! Dunno why that's happened only on this machine. Is there a limit to the number of files on XP - like the old config.sys option files=99? > and/or are exiting the program in a non-standard way? I don't think so. With issues - can't open port - I exit with a "return -1" otherwise I just fall out of the bottom of the main(). chkdsk fixed errors this time, but I still have the "problems with the file system" error (maybe a red herring), and ... I still can't redirect output. Any advice on this v gratefully received. Cheers Andy -- _____ ______ _____________________________________________ //_ / /| /_ / / __//__ / / |/__ / /...Your friendly computer professionals ____________________/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/