Hi, Is there any technical reason for pgsql2shp to display the usage information on stdout, whileas shp2pgsql displays it on stderr? If not, I'll change the former to use stderr, too. HTH, Markus -- Markus Schaber | Logical Tracking&Tracing International AG Dipl. Inf. | Software Development GIS Fight against software patents in Europe! www.ffii.org www.nosoftwarepatents.org