I don't know the answer, but try this for a wild and woolly guess...
Make sure nothing, neither Windows explorer, nor application, nor cmd, nor bash shell, etc. etc. has that directory as it's current working directory. On the linux side try... fuser -vu /my/strange/directory John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Zealand "We have more to fear from The Bungling of the Incompetent Than from the Machinations of the Wicked." (source unknown)
