Hi, I have a strange problem. I know it worked before, but nor tonight... ------start------- # rpm -Uh <A HREF="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/SuSE-Linux/5.3/suse/x1/xshared.rpm"><A HREF="ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/SuSE-Linux/5.3/suse/x1/xshared.rpm</A">ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/SuSE-Linux/5.3/suse/x1/xshared.rpm</A</A>> failed to open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm error: cannot open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm -------end-------- Why does it put "//" in the path name??????? -alexm - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>