In article <[log in to unmask]>, Jon Diercks <[log in to unmask]> wrote: ]At 03:50 PM 2/13/95 EST, Jeff Kell wrote: ]>Ever wanted to replace a program file that someone's using? Piece of ]>cake. Get in the shell, rm the currently-accessed one, and mv the new ]>one in it's place. It works, and subsequent accessors get the new file. ] ]I'm deja vu'ing on this, but here goes anyway... ]I believe a safer method is to rn (rename) the accessed file to a .bak or ].old equivalent, then replace it. Given that either method works, is the term 'safe' operative? :-) -- Regards -- Tony B. Shepherd -- [log in to unmask]