On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 22:53:17 -0800, you wrote: [snip] >I'm running XP Pro without the firewall running. Note that the same file copied to the same directory is perfectly readable. > >I wanted to add that the program that writes the file is an old version of the ATI video capture program. The files are being written by the PVR to record my favorite shows. Hi John, What about compression? Just a thought, but if the original is compressed and the copy is not.... maybe it could be an issue for Linux to open a Windows file? -- Dennis C.