On Fri 2008-11-07 15:13:03 UTC-0800, Steve Watt (steve at Watt.COM) wrote: > % mkdir -p a/dir1/new a/dir1/cur > % mkdir -p b/dir1/new b/dir1/cur > % mkdir -p c/dir1/new c/dir1/cur > % ls -ld */dir1/new > drwxrwxr-x 2 steve wheel 512 Nov 7 15:10 a/dir1/new/ What file system are you using?