this might be a little off topic but... :) how can I read individual bytes from a file and push the value into a char variable? ie read the second byte of a file then push it in char secondByte - Cheers, Outlaw Jim "Cleavage(n): something you can approve of and look down on at the same time." -- W. Garnett. LinuxGamer: http://linux.fsgs.com ICQ #: 15030713 BASS for Lin: http://linux.fsgs.com/bass