> i've never known any shell on any os to require quoting > of file names consisting of [a-z]+. though i'm sure this illustrates > my ignorance of esoteric and difficult oses.
No, the leading "/" is recommended, or the full path, my choice of adjective was unfortunate. And I forgot you may have been using "rc", I never really got the knack of using "rc" without RIO support, at least not in the last ten years. I used to use Byron's "rc" together with "-" and "--", but that was a long, long time ago, before I got hooked on Plan 9. ++L PS: I have successfully listed the "root" on "sources". Thanks again, Erik. I shan't have a need to pester EVH, although from him I'd like to know the host from which the new v9fs can be "git"ted. And for anyone who cares, I still haven't broken P9P on the MIPS platform and now v9fs works too (give or take authentication, it seems).
