Forwarded to the list for documentation purposes. Thanks for the feedback, Robert. - Vin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert Abad <Robert_Abad(a)trimble.com&gt; Date: Jul 31, 2006 3:27 PM Subject: RE: problem with changing directories in Xemacs shell To: Vin Shelton <acs(a)xemacs.org&gt; Hi Vin, Thanks for getting back to me. Your suggestion did the trick! Thanks. Regards, Robert And thanks for clearing up the nomenclature issues ;) -----Original Message----- From: ethersoft(a)gmail.com [mailto:ethersoft＠gmail.com] On Behalf Of Vin Shelton Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 10:12 AM To: Robert Abad Cc: xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org Subject: Re: problem with changing directories in Xemacs shell First some nomenclature issues - you actually have the names confused: '\' is a backslash and '/' is a slash (also known as a forward slash). -- Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting-- over and over announcing your place in the family of things. Mary Oliver