:: The real issue is why should a command raise an error for no good :: reason. Either a kernel panic or a message is a bit extreme just :: because a user issued a command that someone else thinks is :: unusual. Until you can prove that there is no use for the output of :: tail on a directory, adding code to tail to generate an error in that :: case is silly. If you are a typist with 100% accuracy, there is of course no need for any error handling in any program. Is there any use for the the garbage tail outputs on a directory? If there is, I won't say anything else... -- Juha To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message