Hi Martin, > How about using find and generate a list of ALL files, then "grep > `indivual_lines_from_your_list` list_of_ALL_files" and checking grep's > return value?
Well, what I am doing right now is generating a list of the files that are present (using find and redirecting its output to a file). Later, I search this file for files not in my original list, so I know which files are missing. I am using Perl to do this. Regards, E.- -- Eloy A. Paris Information Technology Department Rockwell Automation de Venezuela Telephone: +58-2-9432311 Fax: +58-2-9430323