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<< <<doing a compare gives me the message "files are different">> I did a little test using DOS. I found that if I copy a .ANI file from DOS to PAR, then do a DOS FC file compare, there are compare errors in about 5 bytes, 30 bytes into the file. If I then copy the file from PAR back to DOS and compare, the files compare without error. The new file on the DOS drive differs from the origional in the same 5 or so bytes mentioned. I also noted that the file name is stored in the first few bytes of an ANI file, so two IDENTICAL files with different PAR names will not compare. What's interesting is that you can duplicate a .ANI file on the PAR drive, copy the origional file from PAR to DOS and get a valid compare with both the origional and duplicate PAR file and the DOS copy. Cal Haines, 70302,3153