Hi Vince,

> For your interest here is the o/p from the attempt to compile it under Mageia
> v5 X64 Linux : -

> -----------
> [mbse{at}Applewood a]$ gcc pktdate.c
> pktdate.c:38:6: warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'log'
> void log(int loglevel, const char *fmt, ...);
> ^
> pktdate.c: In function 'process_pkt':
> pktdate.c:152:9: warning: overflow in implicit constant conversion
> [-Woverflow]
> return FATAL_ERROR;
> ^
> pktdate.c:159:9: warning: overflow in implicit constant conversion
> [-Woverflow]
> return FATAL_ERROR;
> ^
> /tmp/ccoDkgoG.o: In function `write_pkt':
>pktdate.c:(.text+0xe5c): warning: the use of `tmpnam' is dangerous, better use
> `mkstemp'

> -----------

> No I don't understand them other than a basic level :(


It compiled here on my linux box.. same warnings as you saw but the compile
did create a file named a.out.

Because there was no makefile, the binary is named a.out here - which runs
on the command like, if you type for example:

./a.out


Pktdate Rev. 1.5, written by Tobias Ernst {at} 2:2476/418 et al.

Error: No arguments given.

Usage:  pktdate [] [ ...] 
[ ...] [...]

I didn't give any arguments, but now that I see them listed, I can rename
a.out to pktdate and go from there.. should work fine.

Take care,
Janis

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