Eric, Would you do me a favor and test a slightly different modification from the one you sent in. Back out of your modification and change line 1287 in the ldmadmin(1) script from close FH or die "Can't close(): status=$?"; to (close FH || !$!) or die "Can't close(): status=$?"; Hopefully, this will solve the problem without having to read the entire output of top(1). Let me know what you find. Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: DAM-692844 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed