Curt Duncan Taylor wrote: > Here I am pulling my hair out because I can't find the proper suntax to > write an 'if' statement that says "if the file ~HOME\test.lis exist, > then delete it." > > Where do I find documentation for the proper version of Unix scripting > that is being used on Girrafe at UVM? There are several shell options available on giraffe. What shell were you trying to use? If you use bash, syntax like: #!/bin/bash TESTFILE=$HOME/test.lis if [ -e $TESTFILE ]; then rm $TESTFILE fi will do the job. mga.