Line 216 of split.c recently posted: > fprintf (" erasepage grestore\n"); should of course be: fprintf (out, " erasepage grestore\n"); ^^^ dont know how i missed that, that usually gurus my amiga -- "...(alright Nils, alright)..." richard at gryphon.CTS.COM {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax, rutgers!marque, codas!ddsw1} gryphon!richard