oops. bonnie++ does do something by default with no arguments, I was just invoking it as root (and wrongly).
So disregard that part of the bug report and just consider the bug to be the other things I mentioned, properly documenting what it does by default. Sorry about that, -- Matt Taggart [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]