On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 14:55:14 -0700, Tyler Dauwalder < tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > I did O_RDWR | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT. But regardless, aren't permissions > a > bitmask? I wouldn't think you could cause random 's' and 'S' > characters to > appear, just toggle the usual chars on or off. They're not random. They are actually valid modes. -Bruno -- Fortune Cookie Says: "You can bring any calculator you like to the midterm, as long as it doesn't dim the lights when you turn it on." -- Hepler, Systems Design 182