Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: [] > strace reveals: > getcwd("/", 4095) = 2 > chdir("") = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) I like avp. Does it still tries to open/unlink files with "random binary" names? Something like unlink("kjh\12\2x\8asd\15...") (garbage in quotes)? Regards, Michael.