Search the mailing list archives for updatedb. you will find much discussion, and serveral copies of a script that should work, one of which I posted. http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin -rgm -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/