> There is a much better option: create the File with File::SYNC. ¨ֲןץ > should check on your platform if io.sync returns true afterwards. ¨ֲ> not, you should try io.sync=true. ¨ֲטבקבבלקעיפוף חן היעודפלש פן > the file. > robert Hi Robert, It appears File::SYNC doesn't exist (at least not in my copy of Ruby). However, setting IO#sync to true explicitly does work. Thanks, Eric