2007/3/6, Frank Küster <frank at kuesterei.ch>: > But doesn't that mean that the essential part of the bug is present on > VMS, too? Shouldn't a non-buggy TeX create ex.aux;2? Yes. I suspect the call to prompt_file_name in section 1374 is the culprit; at least it's in the backtrace and it appends a .tex ... Best Martin