Hi All, just noticed that UnixFileDirectory default directoryExists: UnixFileDirectory default asString, '/.' answers false, since directoryNames excludes '.' and '..' (justifiable, and changing this might break all manner of things). i.e. FileDirectory>directoryExists: filenameOrPath "Answer true if a directory of the given name exists. The given name may be either a full path name or a local directory within this directory." "FileDirectory default directoryExists: FileDirectory default pathName" | fName dir | DirectoryClass splitName: filenameOrPath to: [:filePath :name | fName := name. filePath isEmpty ifTrue: [dir := self] ifFalse: [dir := self directoryNamed: filePath]]. ^dir exists and: [ self isCaseSensitive ifTrue:[dir directoryNames includes: fName] ifFalse:[dir directoryNames anySatisfy: [:name| name sameAs: fName]]]. So how about FileDirectory class methods for accessing currentDirectoryNickname ^'.' FileDirectory>directoryExists: filenameOrPath "Answer true if a directory of the given name exists. The given name may be either a full path name or a local directory within this directory." "FileDirectory default directoryExists: FileDirectory default pathName" | fName dir | DirectoryClass splitName: filenameOrPath to: [:filePath :name | fName := name. filePath isEmpty ifTrue: [dir := self] ifFalse: [dir := self directoryNamed: filePath]]. ^dir exists and: [fName = self class currentDirectoryNickname or: [self isCaseSensitive ifTrue:[dir directoryNames includes: fName] ifFalse:[dir directoryNames anySatisfy: [:name| name sameAs: fName]]]] -- best, Eliot