Found the CRLF causing the problem. Every directory that is in the repository has a local CVS directory with Entries and Repository file. These also have CRLF that must be dealt with. Correcting those files resolves the problem. Thanks for all the help. Michael -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/