You can find a first patch to R-0.60 at the same archive sites as you obtained your R sources. The patch is called R-0.60-patch1.gz. Alternatively, you can pick a patched distribution which is in the file R-0.60.1.tgz The patch fixes a multiple file closing problem which causes core dumps on some versions of Unix. Ross -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._