From: David Brady Date: 2005-09-06T05:35:16+09:00 Subject: Re: Help me clean up this method Ara.T.Howard wrote: > just thought i'd point out that every solution posted thus far fails in a > variety of ways when links are considered If you have links, you also have du, which IMO is the Right Tool For This Job: total = `du --max-depth=0|cut -f 1`.to_i -dB -- David Brady ruby-talk@shinybit.com C++ Guru. Ruby nuby. Apply salt as needed.