note ambrus <p> No, it's really the string "0 but true". Try this for example: <code> use File::Temp; $th = File::Temp::tempfile(undef, "UNLINK", 1); $zbt = sysseek $th, 0, 0; print $zbt, "\n"; </code> <p> The <code>"E0"</code> suffix appears with the flip-flop operators, but <code>"0E0"</code> can never appear, only <code>"1E0"</code>, <code>"2E0"</code> etc. 464548 464589