Sean M. Burke writes: |is the defining characteristic of these items that they are hidden, or |what? If so, what file test operator am I to use? There's no file test operator that tests "hiddenness", but you can do it yourself, probably using FSpGetCatInfo and checking the appropriate bit in the Finder flags (sorry this is a bit vague but I'm not in a position to look the stuff up myself, plus it's all in the PODs anyway.) Brian ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch