1) This problem is not likely Ruby, 2) You people are very good in a lot of different areas, 3) I don't know how to phrase the problem to even Google it... "Dir.entries('//minitfp01/cclients')" versus "Dir.entries('k:/')" The first returns an error: "M:\ruby\Projects\CmsStandards\lib\test.rb: 1: No such file or directory - //minitfp01/cclients (Errno::ENOENT)" The second functions without error. K: is mapped to '\ \minitfp01\cclients'. Would anyone care to share their thoughts on this and why this is occurring. (I know, it's Windoze.) I've tried ending it with a slash, too. That failed as well. Your time and consideration is appreciated. dvn