Olin Lathrop wrote: > Yes, I know Windows doesn't have symbolic links, but all my software > does. These are really files with names ending in ".@" on Windows > systems. ... Hm... Depending on what you want to do with symbolic links, Windows may be considered to have something like that. It seems you are using them for executable files. For that, the .lnk shortcut files work similar to symbolic links. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_shortcut Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist