Jordan's right, my user02 is already a rooted logical (concealed device) which is why my second example failed; it would have worked if user02 were a real device name. $ dir $5$dka102:[use2root.friedberg.tools.][com.fms] Directory $5$DKA102:[USE2ROOT.FRIEDBERG.TOOLS.][COM.FMS] FSC_GENERAL.DEVX;1 11/36 FSC_GENERAL.DIFF;1 3/36 FSC_GENERAL.PRDXX;1 11/36 Total of 3 files, 25/108 blocks. Thanks, Jordan. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Henderson, Jordan (Contractor) (DAASC) [mailto:jhenderson@daas.dla.mil] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 4:07 PM To: 'Michael G Schwern' Cc: vmsperl@perl.org Subject: RE: [foo.bar][baz.biff]file.tmp doesn't happen to work, does it? No, but VOLUME:[foo.bar.][baz.biff]file.wif ^ (note the dot here) is equivalent to VOLUME:[foo.bar.baz.biff]file.wif Note that you only get one extension this way: VOLUME:[foo.][bar.][baz.biff]file.wif Does not work. Jordan HendersonThread Previous | Thread Next