moin, moin, is there a magic incantation to remove device files? "rm -f" doesn't work and MAKEDEV doesn't recognize the dev files I'm trying to get rid of. I'm not even sure they're supposed to be dev files. c--xr--r-x 1 25939 26226 97, 101 Apr 3 1987 Databases b--srwS--- 1 31087 29728 108, 103 Dec 3 2023 Editors I've worked around it by moving the parent dir out of the way... ciao, der.hans -- # +++++++++++=================================+++++++++++ # # der.hans@LuftHans.com www.excelco.com # # http://home.pages.de/~lufthans/ # # I'm not anti-social, I'm pro-individual. - der.hans # # ===========+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========== #