Does the filesystem have a fixed number of inodes? Perhaps the problem is the number of files, not their sizes. Does the filesystem have an explicit free list? If so, I'd expect there to be tools that could tell you how much was on it. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards