From: Robert Dober Date: 2007-07-24T17:18:42+09:00 Subject: Re: Telnet issue On 7/24/07, Marcin Tyman wrote: Well I can reproduce your problem, but as I have no idea what is in buffer it is difficult to tell what really is your problem. buffer="$( sleep 20 )" are things in buffer complex enough to cause that kind of problem? You really need to tell us what is in buffer when it blocks I am afraid. Cheers Robert -- I always knew that one day Smalltalk would replace Java. I just didn't know it would be called Ruby -- Kent Beck