 on mon NUMBER sep NUMBER rick baartman wrote thanks tom and jacob the above works but without the double quotes i e sh c for f in folders recurse fast do sortm f done but there is a problem with making changes outside of exmh the xmhcache files don t get updated this is dangerous i have to remember to re scan each folder i enter is there a safeguard for this rick _______________________________________________ exmh users mailing list exmh users URL URL 