I disagree. A lot of scripts I have seen remove the file first, then do the simbolic link. Also the man page I have for ln does not have a -i option. -- Brent L. Bates NASA-Langley Research Center M.S. 361 Hampton, Virginia 23665-5225 (804) 864-2854 E-mail: blbates at aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates at aero2.larc.nasa.gov