I messed around a bit with running bpbackup on a named pipe, which seemed to work fine. It seems that it is supported (they're rather old, but see http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/pipermail/veritas-bu/2005-April/078550.html and http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/258414.htm ) Hope that helps. Rich _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu