note Melly <p>Hmm, I <em>suspect</em> that your problem is not the problem you think you have... btw how are you terminating your while(<STDIN>) loop?</p> <p>Basically, I don't think buffering is the problem here, but without more code, it's hard to say - certainly there's nothing in your code that indicates a buffering problem.</p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-66612"> Tom Melly, tom@tomandlu.co.uk </div></div> 584517 584517