Hi teddy the command you ned is rm -rf. man rm and read up on it. the r flag tells the rm to do a recursive remove and the f I can't remember. hth -- Shaun Oliver Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and the > > only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. > > -- Wernher von Braun. > > email: shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au > > icq:76958435