I appreciate all the responses to my previous query. However, no one has answered my original question: is it possible to redirect calls for dotfiles in my home directory to another directory? I understand that most of you are fine with millions of dotfiles filling up your home directory. That's cool. But I would really appreciate the ability to keep all those files in another directory, so that when I use a program, I don't have to scroll through miles of hidden directories. First one that comes to mind is mtv: when I go to open a file, there are all those hidden directories. In other words, this is not just a matter of what options get tacked to the end of ls! Not every program hides them like the Gnome and KDE open file dialog. So, to recap: is there something that will redirect calls? For instance, say program foo wants to open up ~/.bar. The call is intercepted and the call changed to ~/dotfiles/.bar. Sort of like symbolic links without the actual link. Is this possible? Can some program run in the background and handle this? That's all I want to know. Thanks again, :Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/