Is there an easyer way to search the java reference pages by class or by category? I'm having a fun time playing with process and runtime and streams and the like, but some of the docs are indeed incorrect, despite what Mike is saying. I am looking at the link you sent me about the getInputStream() etc methods in class Process. Perhaps I will go look for a download link, but I don't have much space on my hd. I will post what I have so far shortly, but indeed I know the docs are wrong, because they are inconsistent. Compiling will solve the dilemma. --le