This question is a two parter.... a) anyone else noticing filetype() failing on ISO image files? Warning: filetype(): Lstat failed for /var/lib/samba/some/file.iso b) I have a script that during processing will eventually call exec('/usr/bin/file -bi '.$file) over 1000 times, I've added a counter and when it dies on this line it's always after 1020 exec calls, regardless of the file name I'm feeding to `file`. I've reproduced this with both exec, shell_exec, system and the backticks. What am I missing here? My System: Linux carbon 2.6.18-gentoo-r3 PHP 5.2.1-pl3-gentoo (cli) (built: Apr 19 2007 00:42:03) Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies /djb -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php