From: eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Directory "sync"? Date: 3 Nov 2000 12:41:35 GMT Organization: Ericsson Erisoft AB, Sweden Lines: 25 Message-ID: <8tubpv$4k2$3@antares.lu.erisoft.se> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lws256.lu.erisoft.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Mark T (marktnospam AT shore DOT net) wrote: : >> Either by copying it, or "echo > test". : > Both of these methods already close the file, so I don't think opening : > and closing it again would help. : Hmm. They close the file, but they close it on the pc that I'm : doing the copy or echo. I want to create the file on one pc, then : walk to the other one, and see the file there. I wondered if : opening and closing a bogus file on the _2nd_ pc would refresh : the directory. Actually, I know if I go to the 2nd pc and create : a file, I still won't see the file I created on the 1st pc. : I'll have to look closer at "share.exe" - whatever that's doing is : what I want to do (I think!) : thanks for all your help everyone. Just an idea or two: Try to change directory and back ("cd tmp; cd .."). Try to change drive and back ("cd d:; cd c:"). Right, MartinS