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> $ while true;do echo -n .;./cat</dev/null|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat|./cat;done > ...................................bash: ./cat: No such file or directory > .....................................................bash: ./cat: No such file or directory > .................................bash: ./cat: No such file or directory > ..................................................................................bash: ./cat: No such file or directory > .............................................................................bash: ./cat: No such file or directory > ........^C Sorry for being too certain about symlinks and pointing in the wrong direction! I have got the same behaviour even with a statically linked cat binary, no symlinks at all... No, I cannot reproduce that on a local file system. But it reliably breaks on coda. Regards, -- IvanReceived on 2002-02-01 16:15:11