>From: "dusty" <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200307172058.h6HKw8q1019690 >Institution: p.s.l. >Package Version: 5.6 >Operating System: linux >Hardware Information: dell comp. >Inquiry: When i try to create new files like you showed me to do in snmod i ge > t the message back saying abq.gem cannot be created and so i tried to create > one in sncfil and it gave me back the same message. why does it not like to > let me create a new file. any suggestions, >thanks, >dusty > > > Dusty, Same problem as I have mentioned before. You do not have write permission in in the directory you are working in. You should be working in your own account area, and not on a CDROM or other non-writable partition. Steve Chiswell