.gz extension... Will Linux' gzip also open PPP compressed files, then? That would be cool... first Python, now gzip - you're getting closer it *ix nirvana every day, Kupa :p Hmm - what if I then archive the compressed Poser file as a .tar file? Ship my fellow Poser buddies something named "foo.gz.tar"? I oughta try that just for kicks and send it to some *ix friends of mine, explaining how to open it - they'd shit their drawers. (okay - I'll shaddap and go away with the geek humor now.) /P