On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 10:27:57AM -0500, Raoul Armfield wrote: : : What about if you use the ln command : : Ln -s /sqldirectory/sql ~/sql Just to nitpick, but the command should be all lowercase, i.e. "ln". And on other Unix platforms with a case-sensitive filesystem, the command *must* be all lowercase. -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/