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Old 05-31-2007
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Sax,
The "find" statement is to loop through all the "accuNNN" directories,
NOT the "accu*old".
Display the "mNewDir" right after the "do" to see what value you are getting:

Code:
echo "mNewDir = <"${mNewDir}">"

Also, I wrote the shell in ksh -- are you using the same?