Jim Seymour wrote: > "echo $?" after it happens yields "141." There is no "141" in > /usr/include/sys/errno.h. Exit code 141 means signal 141 - 128 = 13 = SIGPIPE. I haven't finished thinking what that means in this case, though ... -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx