> Perhaps on VMS, splitdir should do the same thing splitpath does and > return the volume as the first element. I'm concerned about what > that might break, though.
Catch: the volume is not part of the directory. If you want to split that off use splitpath. If the interface were OO then it could return a blessed-list-of-subdirs with an absolute/relative flag buried in it. -- Steven Lembark 85-09 90th Street Workhorse Computing Woodhaven, NY 11421 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 888 359 3508