Rename ------ Just do the rename as the 'root' user. You will get the error message "mv: cannot move `xxx' to `yyy': Stale NFS file handle" Nevertheless the directory is renamed. Remove ------ Please us the /pnfs/fs directory to perform the 'remove'. # cd /pnfs/fs # ls admin README usr # cat ".(id)(usr)" 000000000000000000001080 # cd usr # ls data dir-tests yyy # cat ".(id)(yyy)" 000900000000000000001090 # sclient rmdirentry 1122 000000000000000000001080 yyy # ls data dir-tests-- WenjingWu - 04 Aug 2008