When you do that on
/home/dir3/apps/linux/cad
/home/dir3/apps/linux/graphcs
doesn't that bring up
/home/dir3/apps/linux
/home/dir3/apps/linux/cad
/home/dir3/apps/linux/graphcs
also would that work for
/home/dir1
/home/dir2
/home/dir3
Just a thought. If you've solved it great
