Wolfgang Jaehrling <pro-linux@gmx.de> writes: > So, should "settrans" refuse to set a translator if the translating > program (in this case /dev/hd1s1) is not executable or is there any > reason not to do this? It seems reasonable to make it refuse unless you give it a -f option; or perhaps prompt for confirmation the way rm does if you try to remove an unwritable file. Thomas