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1) yeah, PathMan reevaluates the path each time you use it, so if you change any assignments in the interim, it will pick them up. The path is not frozen with absolute dir names, etc; if that's what you mean. 2) Re, where does a write go to, yes it is well defined. If it is a brand new file, it will be put into the first writable directory in the path. If it is a file you had previously opened, PathMan will find the directory it opened the original file in, and put the write back in the same directory. (bunch of technical stuff about ACTION_FINDOUTPUT and stuff, I don't know exactly what it means, but it seems to work) 🙂 All this is on p. 73 of the WShell manual. I'm sure that you'd understand Bill Hawe's explanation better than mine. 🙂 3) Note that I said 'writable' directory. PathMan allows you to specify attributes for these assigned direcotories, and to mix them in the path. So, you can have several 'write protected' dirs mixed with one that is normal. When deciding where to write the file, the 'write protected' dirs will be skipped. There's also path "alias's" and something about switching the file name and filenote…. I wish someone would explain this to me. I just can't seem to grab the usefullness (or even USE) of it. 🙂 –jp–seattle–