Hi all, First follow the steps below. 1. go into the directory you want to purge and type: rm * (Remember this will remove all files and if there's anything you want to keep, you can't because it's gone, gone, gone, gone! You can't "restore" anything, so be very, very, very sure you want to delete something.) 2. type: cd .. 3. type: rmdir directory-name (remember, this will remove the directory from your hard drive, you can not restore it, so be very, very, very, very sure you want to delete it! Don't come whining to us if you delete something you didn't want to delete. We can't help you.) We've all deleted files we didn't want to delete, and it's a terrible experience, but it's part of the learning process. Have fun! Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT