BTW, you could also need a time service at your machine: NetTime from http://nettime.sf.net/ "is a simple time synchronization client for Windows 95/98/NT/2000" and it is free of charge. Gerrit -- =^..^= -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/