Thanks Darrel and the others who responded. It turned out to be a .$$$ backup file that was write-protected. Changing the attributes of these files sorted my problem out. -- Friendly Regards Tjaart van der Walt mailto:tjaart@wasp.co.za |--------------------------------------------------| | WASP International | |R&D Engineer : GSM peripheral services development| |--------------------------------------------------| |SMS mailto: 0832123443@wasp.co.za (160 chars max)| | http://www.wasp.co.za/~tjaart/index.html | |Voice: +27-(0)11-622-8686 Fax: +27-(0)11-622-8973| | WGS-84 : 26¡10.52'S 28¡06.19'E | |--------------------------------------------------|