On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 12:38:09PM +0000, Niall mentioned: > Jeez J. give me a break - I know what it is - I'm wondering why it is ! > I've looked in the sources (not very intensively, I admit) and I can't see > why a signed long is used. Does stat return size of -1 if it's an invalid file or something nasty ? It's prolly an historic reason... Kate