On Sunday 10 February 2002 09:21 pm, you wrote: > Em Dom, 2002-02-10 às 23:36, ben escreveu: [snip] > It is not a file it is a device, if there is nothing connected to it cat > will give you that exact answer > > no such file or DEVICE > > Michel. it's a serial device that should be returning at least an i/o error. i'm more concerned about that changed date aspect of the problem. thanks for the response. please don't cc to me. keep it on the list. ben