SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: I think you are right. Kyle, a question: if write() is failing, doesn't it mean that the descriptor is practically dead? Does it really need explicit close()-ing? Yes, but please add a #### that marks it for improvements. I think code outside lstream.c really shouldn't play with streams flags that way. There should be clean way to achieve the same effect. Also, I *would* like close() getting called on that fd eventually, no matter what. -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Then... his face does a complete change of expression. It goes from a "Vengeance is mine" expression, to a "What the fuck" blank look.