On a Windows system, the path: D:\ is known as the HOMEPATH. ---- [LV] Can anyone explain how Tcl makes use of this? What does HOMEPATH mean? - [RS] is not sure, but this page was prepared to live from [Tcl syntax help]. ---- On my windows box my HOMEPATH is: \Documents and Settings\jrankin I'm not sure why it would ever be the root of d, unless it has been explicitly set that way. Given the location of this path, perhaps it refers to the windows equivalent of the user's home directory? [WJR] ---- [[Category ?]]