On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:02:01PM -0500, Michael Havens wrote: /_So I was looking at the sym links and realized something: /_ /_file1 -> file2 /_ /_File1 is the link while file2 is the program that is executed when file1 is accessed. Is this correct? /_The problem I was having with ln -s is I thought file1 was the actual program. /_If this is the case then ttyS0 -> /dev/modem says that when you access ttyS0 it really accesses /dev/modem! I know I am repeating myself but I think it is exciting that the the light of dawn is illuminating my darkened mind! /_ If you were to issue the command: 'ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem' It would look like this if you were to do 'ls -l /dev/modem' lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 28 13:07 /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyS0