Craig Berry wrote: !To really stress test this with multiple threads going after the same !directory stream I'd need an SMP machine to test on, which I don't have. !But I think we are at least somewhat safer than we were before. Can you specify which thread option to configure.com to use? Also: has anyone made a tar ball out of maintperl@19035 (or something later that incorporates your patch) that is accessible via either anon ftp or http? I could give it a try on an SMP machine. Is there any ad hoc testing to try? Peter Prymmer