> > > what does the following output: > > > > > > var_dump (getcwd()); Sorry, this wasn't clear. I mean it outputs c:\...\htdocs\lists\admin Not sure about the permissions. I'm using windows 2000, and the 'temp' directory has the same user permissions as the rest of the htdocs folder > > what does the following output: > > > var_dump (realpath(getcwd())); > > var_dump (realpath('temp')); > > var_dump (realpath("/lists/admin/temp")); > That outputs (paths trimmed) string(56) "C:\...\htdocs\lists\admin" string(61) "C:\...\htdocs\lists\admin\temp" bool(false) var_dump (realpath("../../lists/admin/temp")); this outputs the same as var_dump (realpath('temp')); Does that help? Thanks Mark -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php