I did 'ps' this morning :) Btw, for the strings I used the ones output from the originals, so typos are emulated too :))) Someone just pointed me that prio (the original) had one: "Priority changed failed." I'll correct this. =) http://clapcrest.free.fr/revol/beos/openbeos_bin_commands.html Remember most of those are to be written in plain C preferably, and _without_ any help of app_server (many of them are needed in the bootscripts, that launch app_server :P). That doesn't go for things like roster, which specifically queries BRoster, but all the *attr stuff should use the C API for example. I've put a zip here: http://clapcrest.free.fr/revol/beos/openbeos_bins.zip So those who don't remember how to code in plain C can get an idea :-) There is the text file and the shell script also. Enjoy. François. P.S. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=openbeos to unsubscribe (choose in the dropdown)