Is there some caching going on for 'ls'? See the example below where I deleted files in another window and then re-exported from CVS, but the listing doesn't appear unless I cd out and back in again.... cheers, michael
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/models-3/CMAQ-unified/models/include/release/vcoord$ ls -alt total 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/models-3/CMAQ-unified/models/include/release/vcoord$ cd - /home/michael/models-3/SG [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/models-3/SG$ cd - /home/michael/models-3/CMAQ-unified/models/include/release/vcoord [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/models-3/CMAQ-unified/models/include/release/vcoord$ ls -alt total 32 drwxr-xr-x 2 michael michael 4096 Dec 22 12:32 ./ drwxr-xr-x 41 michael michael 4096 Dec 22 12:32 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 michael michael 3721 Dec 15 2003 COORD_06L.EXT -rw-r--r-- 1 michael michael 9065 Dec 15 2003 COORD_21L.EXT -rw-r--r-- 1 michael michael 975 Dec 15 2003 VGRD_06.EXT -rw-r--r-- 1 michael michael 976 Dec 15 2003 VGRD_21.EXT [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/models-3/CMAQ-unified/models/include/release/vcoord$ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]