>> Hi all, >> -rw-rw-r-- georg georg 12292 20.Aug 15:29 :e2DS_Store > > That's probably because BenH uses MacOS X. :-) > > MacOS X uses the a file ".DS_Store" for each directory to > (apparently) keep metadata which is not present in usual Unix > filesystems. > > The ":e2" is probably a conversion of "." done by some > program. Hehe, yes, I do use MacOS X in MOL for my email :) Ben.