>Unfortunately it seems sparkfscreate 4 is always producing a ddc file. Sounds the sort of area where there could be a bug. I will go look at it. However because you're working from the command line, it should be easy to get around it. For example *settype the file. Or have an empty file/zip with the correct type which you copy to where you want the new archive to go. -- David Pilling email: david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx web: http://www.davidpilling.net post: David Pilling P.O. Box 22 Thornton Cleveleys Blackpool. FY5 1LR UK fax: +44(0)870-0520-941