In article <mtU73.2731$nn.808830 at news.shore.net>, Michael P. Reilly <arcege at shore.net> wrote: . . . >I believe that current releases of Tcl can handle null bytes, but I >have not verified that. Yes. Tcl8.0 and after handle null bytes. . . . -- Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html claird at NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX