Subj : Sqfix update To : Bob Jones From : Bo Simonsen Date : Sun Oct 05 2003 11:28 pm Hello Bob! 05 Oct 03 06:51, you wrote to me: BS>> The problem might be a wrong message length.. I'll try BS>> making a Quick-And-Dirty [tM] fix, so we search the BS>> message from behind and +1 will BS>> force a \0.. BS>> Does anyone have a better solution? BJ> Are we hitting string differences because of MS-DOS vs Unix BJ> issues? No in Fidonet messages is it the same as dos, only Carrige Return as line seperator. BJ> The code may need some cleanup to convert Unix type BJ> (single) character to MS-DOS (double) BJ> charcters.... Not nessersary. FTN is standalized.. Think of Amiga, many people did use FTN from their Amiga, an afair is Amiga only using for line seperating. BJ> Another thought..... Is the structure that is being read and/or BJ> written to a file a packed structure? If not, then the message length BJ> might not be getting read and/or written correctly..... The problem was writing of the Squish Messagebase header, it was packed too, so I fixed it by using SQHDR_SIZE (28 bytes). Regards, Bo --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.4.7 * Origin: The Night Express, Roennede Dk (2:236/100) .