diff --git a/src/core/fsservices.h b/src/core/fsservices.h
index 0aed4c1..f2f4249 100644
--- a/src/core/fsservices.h
+++ b/src/core/fsservices.h
@@ -241,14 +241,14 @@ class iFSServices
   ////////////////////////////////////////
   // major filesystem functions
   ////////////////////////////////////////
-  virtual void       Stat( const TSTRING& strFileName, cFSStatArgs& pStat ) const throw( eFSServices ) = 0;
+  virtual void       Stat( const TSTRING& strFileName, cFSStatArgs& pStat ) const = 0;
   // fills out the cFSStatArgs structure with the stat info for the named file
-  virtual void       GetTempDirName( TSTRING& strName ) const throw( eFSServices ) = 0;
+  virtual void       GetTempDirName( TSTRING& strName ) const = 0;
   // makes directory if it doesn't exist already.  Dirname will end with a delimiter ( '/' )
     
   virtual void       SetTempDirName( TSTRING& tmpName ) = 0;
   
-  virtual TSTRING&   MakeTempFilename( TSTRING& strName ) const throw( eFSServices ) = 0;
+  virtual TSTRING&   MakeTempFilename( TSTRING& strName ) const = 0;
   // create temporary file
   //      TSTRING must have the form ("baseXXXXXX"), where the X's are replaced with 
   //      characters to make it a unique file.  There must be at least 6 Xs.
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class iFSServices
   ////////////////////////////////////////
   virtual void    GetHostID( TSTRING& name ) const = 0;
 
-  virtual void    GetMachineName( TSTRING& name ) const throw(eFSServices) = 0;
+  virtual void    GetMachineName( TSTRING& name ) const = 0;
 
   virtual void    GetMachineNameFullyQualified( TSTRING& name ) const = 0;
 
@@ -271,11 +271,11 @@ class iFSServices
   ////////////////////////////////////////
   // directory specific functions
   ////////////////////////////////////////
-  virtual void        ReadDir( const TSTRING& strName, std::vector<TSTRING> &vDirContents, bool bFullPaths = true ) const throw( eFSServices ) = 0;
+  virtual void        ReadDir( const TSTRING& strName, std::vector<TSTRING> &vDirContents, bool bFullPaths = true ) const = 0;
   // puts the contents of the specified directory, except for . and .., into the supplied vector. 
   // if bFullPaths is true, then the vector contains fully qualified path names; otherwise, it only contains the 
   // short names.
-  virtual void        GetCurrentDir( TSTRING& strCurDir ) const throw( eFSServices ) = 0;
+  virtual void        GetCurrentDir( TSTRING& strCurDir ) const = 0;
   // returns the current working directory
 
 
diff --git a/src/core/unixfsservices.cpp b/src/core/unixfsservices.cpp
index ca6493f..d5b87c0 100644
--- a/src/core/unixfsservices.cpp
+++ b/src/core/unixfsservices.cpp
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ TCHAR  cUnixFSServices::GetPathSeparator() const
 }
 
 #if !USES_DEVICE_PATH
-void cUnixFSServices::ReadDir(const TSTRING& strFilename, std::vector<TSTRING> &v, bool bFullPaths) const throw(eFSServices)
+void cUnixFSServices::ReadDir(const TSTRING& strFilename, std::vector<TSTRING> &v, bool bFullPaths) const
 {
 #else
-void cUnixFSServices::ReadDir(const TSTRING& strFilenameC, std::vector<TSTRING>& v, bool bFullPaths) const throw(eFSServices)
+void cUnixFSServices::ReadDir(const TSTRING& strFilenameC, std::vector<TSTRING>& v, bool bFullPaths) const
 {
     TSTRING strFilename = cDevicePath::AsNative(strFilenameC);
 #endif
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ void cUnixFSServices::ReadDir(const TSTRING& strFilenameC, std::vector<TSTRING>&
 }
 
 /* needs to and with S_IFMT, check EQUALITY with S_*, and return more types
-cFSStatArgs::FileType cUnixFSServices::GetFileType(const cFCOName &filename) throw(eFSServices)
+cFSStatArgs::FileType cUnixFSServices::GetFileType(const cFCOName &filename) 
 {
     cFSStatArgs stat;
     Stat(filename, stat);
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ cFSStatArgs::FileType cUnixFSServices::GetFileType(const cFCOName &filename) thr
 }
 */
 
-void cUnixFSServices::GetCurrentDir( TSTRING& strCurDir ) const throw(eFSServices)
+void cUnixFSServices::GetCurrentDir( TSTRING& strCurDir ) const 
 {
     TCHAR pathname[iFSServices::TW_MAX_PATH];
     pathname[0] = '\0';
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ void cUnixFSServices::GetCurrentDir( TSTRING& strCurDir ) const throw(eFSService
 }
 
 
-TSTRING& cUnixFSServices::MakeTempFilename( TSTRING& strName ) const throw(eFSServices)
+TSTRING& cUnixFSServices::MakeTempFilename( TSTRING& strName ) const 
 {
     char* pchTempFileName;
     char szTemplate[iFSServices::TW_MAX_PATH];
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ TSTRING& cUnixFSServices::MakeTempFilename( TSTRING& strName ) const throw(eFSSe
     return( strName );
 }
 
-void cUnixFSServices::GetTempDirName( TSTRING& strName ) const throw(eFSServices)
+void cUnixFSServices::GetTempDirName( TSTRING& strName ) const 
 {
   strName = mTempPath;
 }
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@ void cUnixFSServices::SetTempDirName(TSTRING& tmpPath) {
 
 
 #if !USES_DEVICE_PATH
-void cUnixFSServices::Stat( const TSTRING& strName, cFSStatArgs &stat ) const throw(eFSServices)
+void cUnixFSServices::Stat( const TSTRING& strName, cFSStatArgs &stat ) const 
 {
 #else
-void cUnixFSServices::Stat( const TSTRING& strNameC, cFSStatArgs& stat) const throw(eFSServices)
+void cUnixFSServices::Stat( const TSTRING& strNameC, cFSStatArgs& stat) const 
 {
     TSTRING strName = cDevicePath::AsNative(strNameC);
 #endif
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ void cUnixFSServices::Stat( const TSTRING& strNameC, cFSStatArgs& stat) const th
     else stat.mFileType = cFSStatArgs::TY_INVALID;
 }
 
-void cUnixFSServices::GetMachineName( TSTRING& strName ) const throw( eFSServices )
+void cUnixFSServices::GetMachineName( TSTRING& strName ) const 
 {
 #if HAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H
     struct utsname namebuf;
diff --git a/src/core/unixfsservices.h b/src/core/unixfsservices.h
index c0fd1bc..51e6c51 100644
--- a/src/core/unixfsservices.h
+++ b/src/core/unixfsservices.h
@@ -83,16 +83,16 @@ class cUnixFSServices : public iFSServices
   ////////////////////////////////////////
   // major filesystem functions
   ////////////////////////////////////////
-  virtual void       Stat( const TSTRING& strFileName, cFSStatArgs& pStat ) const throw( eFSServices );
+  virtual void       Stat( const TSTRING& strFileName, cFSStatArgs& pStat ) const ;
   // fills out the cFSStatArgs structure with the stat info for the named file
 
-  virtual void        GetTempDirName( TSTRING& strName ) const throw( eFSServices );
+  virtual void        GetTempDirName( TSTRING& strName ) const ;
   // makes directory if it doesn't exist already.  Dirname will end with a delimiter ( '/' )
 
   virtual void        SetTempDirName(TSTRING& tmpName);
   // set the default dir name which GetTempDirName will use...
 
-  virtual TSTRING&    MakeTempFilename( TSTRING& strName ) const throw( eFSServices );
+  virtual TSTRING&    MakeTempFilename( TSTRING& strName ) const ;
   // create temporary file
   //      strName must have the form ("baseXXXXXX"), where the X's are replaced with 
   //      characters to make it a unique file.  There must be at least 6 Xs.        
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class cUnixFSServices : public iFSServices
   ////////////////////////////////////////
   virtual void        GetHostID( TSTRING& name ) const;
 
-  virtual void    GetMachineName( TSTRING& name) const throw(eFSServices);
+  virtual void    GetMachineName( TSTRING& name) const;
 
   virtual void    GetMachineNameFullyQualified( TSTRING& name ) const;
 
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ class cUnixFSServices : public iFSServices
   ////////////////////////////////////////
   // directory specific functions
   ////////////////////////////////////////
-  virtual void        ReadDir( const TSTRING& strName, std::vector<TSTRING> &vDirContents, bool bFullPaths = true ) const throw( eFSServices );
+  virtual void        ReadDir( const TSTRING& strName, std::vector<TSTRING> &vDirContents, bool bFullPaths = true ) const;
   // puts the contents of the specified directory, except for . and .., into the supplied vector. 
-  virtual void        GetCurrentDir( TSTRING& strCurDir ) const throw( eFSServices );
+  virtual void        GetCurrentDir( TSTRING& strCurDir ) const;
   // returns the current working directory