Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!ron@BRL-TGR From: ron@BRL-TGR (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: \"dot\" file deleted! Message-ID: <8717@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 10:28:07 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8717 Posted: Wed Feb 27 10:28:07 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 04:03:37 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 8 If dot is not there, or protected, use an path from somewhere else. Cd into a higher directory and reference the directory by name rather than using a relative path from within. You can put the "." back if you are superuser by saying ln dir dir/. -Ron