> If the error doesn't get returned....why document it...if the error does > get returned...shouldn't it return everytime? I interpret it differently. In Linux man pages ERRORS means "these errors might be returned. if you see them it means this and that". Due to the distributed and often changing nature of linux development and due that the man pages are not maintained with the code it is not possible to give a more strong guarantee. -Andi - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html