Somehow my /tmp dir is full of junk: ----------- # ls ??~? ??~? ??~? ??~? ??~? ??~? .. .X11-unix `~~~? ~??~? ~??~? ~??~? ~??~? ~??~? ~V?~? ??~? ??~? ??~? ??~? ??~? ??~? .ICE-unix .qt `~~~? ~??~? ~??~? ~??~? ~??~? ~??~? ~~~~? ??~? ??~? ??~? ??~? ??~? . .X0-lock `~~~? ~??~? ~??~? ~??~? ~??~? ~??~? ~~#~? ~~~~? ----------- If I try rm * I get a bunch of errors. On other UNIX systems, I have used od -c /tmp to show me the exact contents of the driectory, then used that info to delete the files. How do I delete these files in Linux. TIA Greg Freemyer Internet Engineer Deployment and Integration Specialist Compaq ASE - Tru64 v4, v5 Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect The Norcross Group www.NorcrossGroup.com