Subj : Re: File object randomly thinks file is empty To : Tracker1 From : Nightfox Date : Sun Jul 05 2009 12:13 am Re: Re: File object randomly thinks file is empty By: Tracker1 to Nightfox on Sat Jul 04 2009 14:56:30 > > Are you opening the file with shared read-only? also, are you closing yo > > handle to the file when done, or otherwise encapsulating the file access > > a separate method/function, so the variable falls out of scope? I've solved the problem.. Previous versions of the script had emptied out some of my configuration files because I left out the read mode from File.open(). Nightfox --- þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion BBS .