> I was under impression that strace would accept a directory component: It does ;-) Only not what you may have expected. strace is a native windows application and does not understand posix paths. Regards, Elfyn McBratney elfyn@exposure.org.uk www.exposure.org.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/