Does anyone know how to use the utime function or a similar method (in Perl) to set the mtime and atime of a symbolic link? Whenever I try to change the time of a symbolic link, it changes the time of the actual file that the link is linked to. Thanks! -- Joe Glass Technical Support Services, Michigan State University phone: 517-355-4500 x240 e-mail: joe@glass.cl.msu.edu