Pete,

I've never seen a low level file I/O system in any language that could even insert text mid-file.

>thanks for your replies, In my naivety I thought Fwrite() might have an insert mode buried somewhere
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>Dave, it's getting near beer time ( I know it's only Thursday )

The next time I make it over to Germany on vacation I'll have post about finally getting to have a beer earlier than you for once *g*