In C5.10 when I do a "ls -al" (or .l as I am lazy) I see:- drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 4 2013 alias In C6.5 (2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64) I see:- drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 9 04:26 conf drwxrwxrwt. 4 root root 4096 Sep 21 03:39 tmp drwxr-xr-x. 9 root root 4096 Sep 9 04:26 spool lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 10 Sep 8 21:45 mail -> spool/mail I have never noticed the "extra dot" before. QUESTION What does the extra dot (.) signify ? Thank you, Paul (Supporting Yes for Scotland)