I've always used: fopen("C:\\dir\\dir\\file.txt"); on windows, I'm not sure how PHP interprets the slashes internally though... Nate Tobik (412)661-5700 x206 VigilantMinds > $theFile = fopen("docs/InstallationInstructionMaster.txt", "rb") || die; -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php