Hi! I've got a problem here. when I type 'ls' nothing happens. I need to press Ctrl+C to get out of it, but I can retrieve the files in the directories by typing 'cd /Directory/filename'. What happened? Just another question not related to LS. I've got an important .arj file on a Linux workstation. I can't copy it to a DOS platform by diskette and, on the other hand, I don't have any arj software for Linux systems. How can I get that file uncompressed? I hope you can help me out. thanks a lot Luciano