the tos lib uses a hacked up GNUlib scanf (the Gnu lib scanf itself had some problems). you can scarf that up, ers did'nt because he did'nt want any gpl/lib flavored code in the mint library (for reasons that i dont agree with). cheers, -- bang: uunet!cadence!bammi jwahar r. bammi domain: bammi@cadence.com GEnie: J.Bammi CIS: 71515,155