My Problem was the fatal error during Make in compiling tdbbackup. Using Jerome Fenal's patch on the Makefile.in adding /lib/snprintf.o in the TDBBACKUP_OBJ line was partially successful. Now a related error has arisen: "Compiling tdb/tdbbackup.c make: *** No rule to make target ' /lib/snprintf.o' needed by 'bin/tdbbackup' . Stop" This error aborts Make. I gather some additional change is needed in the Makefile, so this patch is only partially successful Gunnar Senum