I think you should be able to open /dev/null for writing just like any other file. (I think...) Thanks, Lyle -----Original Message----- From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Browder Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:47 PM To: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Iostream and /dev/null How can I use c++ streams to write to /dev/null? Thanks. Tom Browder