"netstat" only prints the inode for TCP sockets if you use -e. I should have advised you to use "netstat -ae", but I didn't notice that previously :)
Ah-ha! Gottit now, thanks!
-- [neil@xxx ~]# rm -f .signature [neil@xxx ~]# ls -l .signature ls: .signature: No such file or directory [neil@xxx ~]# exit
