> >Let me know if I'm boring you all, and let's all give a big "Hello!" to >Peter Whalley. >____________________________________________________________________ >TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Not boring at all and exactly what I was looking for. From my operating system days I hypothesized roughly the behavior you so nicely experimentally tested. My specific technical knowledge on file systems is a little out of date so I wasn't sure what the behavior was these days. Thanks! Mike