i realized that if i create a directory with the name .. i can access it (this getsub or chsub), but when i load an xml file containing a directory name like that, i'm not able to access it any more ...

wait ... even worse ... if a directory exported to xml is empty, it won't be recorgnized at all ...

i've attached an xml file, that might give you a clue about the behaviour ...

i tried both 0.2.0pre (cvs, about one month ago) and 0.2.0 ... the behaviour is the same ... unfortunately switching to pool's native file format is not an option for me, since i'm using pool to import xml data another program generated...

thomas ... would be nice if you could look into it ... for today, i gave up understanding pool ...

cheers.... tim