Bothersome,

Nice work on the networking part, I just use nfs - I made simple bash scripts to start, and stop the network connections, but, this is a nother way

As for the vdir command, I take it, it has command line options, like ls - because I couldnt help but notice, your output listing didnt have any dot files, and most /home folders have a lot of these in them... Doing just a ls command will get you the same output as you posted, and by adding -la to the end of this command, will dump out "every" file and folder...

Heres an example:
Code:
cuddles@morpheus:~$ cd $HOME
cuddles@morpheus:~$ ls
Audacity-cuddles  Desktop  RealEasy           faxin   faxsent         none  tmp
CDs               Mail     TransGaming_Drive  faxout  kanotixinstall  pctv
cuddles@morpheus:~$ ls -l
total 18
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles    4 Mar 13  2004 Audacity-cuddles
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles    4 Jan 30 14:40 CDs
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles   19 Jan 19 02:28 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x  13 cuddles cuddles   32 Feb 12 09:36 Mail
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles 8014 May  2  2004 RealEasy
lrwxrwxrwx   1 cuddles cuddles   50 Dec 10 21:08 TransGaming_Drive -> /home/cuddles/.point2play_timedemo/.extras/c_drive
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles    3 Dec 10 21:08 faxin
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles    2 Dec 10 21:08 faxout
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles    3 Dec 10 21:08 faxsent
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles 2521 Dec 10 13:19 kanotixinstall
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles    2 Dec 10 13:12 none
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles    3 Oct 14 19:00 pctv
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles    2 Jan  2 15:25 tmp
cuddles@morpheus:~$ ls -la
total 417
drwxr-xr-x  81 cuddles cuddles   154 Feb 12 09:35 .
drwxrwsr-x   6 root    staff       5 Jan  7 12:58 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    83 Nov  1 07:40 .BillardGL.conf.v7
lrwxrwxrwx   1 cuddles cuddles    36 Dec 10 13:57 .DCOPserver_Kanotix_:0 -> /home/knoppix/.DCOPserver_Kanotix__0
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    54 Dec 10 13:06 .DCOPserver_Kanotix__0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 cuddles cuddles    37 Dec 10 21:08 .DCOPserver_Morpheus_:0 -> /home/cuddles/.DCOPserver_Morpheus__0
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    55 Dec  9 10:24 .DCOPserver_Morpheus__0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 cuddles cuddles    37 Feb  6 17:26 .DCOPserver_morpheus_:0 -> /home/cuddles/.DCOPserver_morpheus__0
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    55 Feb  6 17:26 .DCOPserver_morpheus__0
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles   577 Feb  6 17:26 .ICEauthority
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     5 Dec 10 21:08 .Lin-city
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 24 11:34 .LinNeighborhood
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles   155 Feb  6 17:26 .Xauthority
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   893 Feb 27  2000 .Xdefaults
drwx------   4 cuddles cuddles    16 Feb  5 21:05 .aMule
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     7 Dec 10 21:08 .abuse
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    73 Apr 20  2004 .acrorc
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 10 21:08 .alsaplayer
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .amph
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .aptitude
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .armagetron
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   199 Aug 22 12:19 .asoundrc
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   143 Jul  8  2004 .aumixrc
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles  5778 Feb  6 17:26 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    57 May  3  2004 .bashrc
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   113 May  2  2004 .bugsquish
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles     0 Mar 24  2004 .cd-circleprint.conf
drwxr-xr-x   7 cuddles cuddles     9 Jan 30 13:48 .cddb
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   242 Dec 15 10:29 .chromium
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  3800 Dec 15 10:29 .chromium-score
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   305 Feb  4 17:59 .circuslinuxrc
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .config
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     9 Dec 10 21:08 .crack-attack
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   199 May 20  2004 .cuyo
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Oct 15 05:49 .czap
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    50 May 25  2004 .defendguinrc
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  2230 Jan  1 20:47 .dingrc
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  1524 Dec 11 11:14 .directory
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles    22 Oct  4 09:31 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     8 Dec 10 21:08 .dosemu
drwxr-xr-x  74 cuddles cuddles    74 Feb  6 17:11 .dvdcss
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  3082 Feb  5 21:05 .eMule
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .emilia
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   553 Oct 24 23:11 .enigmarc
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  3504 Nov 24 22:14 .fbhighlevelshistory
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  1759 Nov 24 22:14 .fbhighscores
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 10 21:08 .fblevels
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   545 Nov 24 21:48 .fbrc
drwxr-xr-x   5 cuddles cuddles     5 Dec 10 21:08 .fillets-ng
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 13:06 .firefox
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles 98270 Dec 12 11:36 .fonts.cache-1
drwxr-xr-x   4 cuddles cuddles     5 Feb 12 09:36 .gconf
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Feb 12 09:36 .gconfd
drwxr-xr-x  21 cuddles cuddles    32 Dec 10 21:08 .gimp-2.0
drwxr-xr-x   5 cuddles cuddles     9 Dec 10 21:08 .gkrellm2
drwxr-xr-x   4 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 10 21:08 .gnome
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     9 Dec 10 21:08 .gnome-desktop
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .gnome2
drwx------   2 cuddles cuddles     2 Dec 10 21:08 .gnome2_private
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     2 Dec 10 13:06 .gnome_private
drwx------   2 cuddles cuddles     5 Feb 12 09:35 .gnupg
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  1498 Jan  2 17:02 .grip
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    94 Jan  2 17:02 .grip-oggenc
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    30 Oct  7 08:30 .groundhog.highscore
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .gtans
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   672 Jul  6  2004 .icebreaker
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .java
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     7 Dec 10 21:08 .kaffeine
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     7 Feb  6 21:38 .kaxtv
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   120 Aug 23 09:10 .kbackrc
drwxr-xr-x   4 cuddles cuddles    16 Dec 11 11:14 .kde
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   388 Sep 28 09:03 .kderc
-rwx------   1 cuddles cuddles  8360 May  4  2004 .klik
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    20 Apr 22  2004 .koules-levels
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 10 21:08 .kq
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .lgames
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     6 Dec 10 21:08 .lincity
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   756 Nov  1 07:53 .lincityrc
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     5 Nov 19  2003 .links
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .local
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   222 Jan  1 11:51 .lpoptions
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .macromedia
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  2269 Jul 19  2004 .mailcap
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 10 21:08 .mangoquest
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     7 Dec 10 21:08 .mc
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 10 21:08 .mcop
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles    31 Jan  2 20:58 .mcoprc
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   635 Jul 19  2004 .mime.types
drwxr-xr-x   4 cuddles cuddles     6 Dec 10 21:08 .mirrormagic
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   126 Feb  4 19:11 .monster-masher
drwxr-xr-x   4 cuddles cuddles     6 Dec 10 21:08 .mozilla
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles  1113 Aug 23  2001 .nessus.keys
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   752 Dec 16  1999 .nessusrc
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     6 Dec 10 21:08 .neverball
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  1012 Aug 23 00:05 .neverballhs-easy
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   182 May 29  2004 .neverballhs-hard
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   191 May 29  2004 .neverballhs-mym
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   190 Aug 23 00:12 .neverballhs-putt
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   287 Aug 23 00:12 .neverballrc
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles 88997 Aug 23 00:12 .neverballrp
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .openoffice
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles     0 Jul 19  2004 .padminrc
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Feb  9 11:28 .parallelrealities
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   166 May 29  2004 .penguin-command
drwxr-xr-x  10 cuddles cuddles    10 Dec 10 21:08 .pingus
drwxr-xr-x   4 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 10 21:08 .point2play_timedemo
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   473 Dec  9 18:22 .point2play_timedemorc
drwx------   2 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 16 12:05 .pppstatus
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles    11 Feb  6 17:26 .qt
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  1604 Feb  4 10:32 .recently-used
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 10 21:08 .rezound
drwxr-xr-x   5 cuddles cuddles     7 Dec 10 21:08 .rocksndiamonds
drwx------   2 cuddles cuddles     6 Feb 12 09:38 .spamassassin
drwxr-xr-x   4 cuddles cuddles     5 Dec 10 21:08 .supertux
-rwxr-xr-x   1 cuddles cuddles    72 Oct  6 00:23 .sversionrc
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     5 Oct 15 05:49 .szap
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     5 Oct 15 05:49 .tecla
drwxr-xr-x   4 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 10 21:08 .thumbnails
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 10 21:08 .trackballs
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .transgaming_global
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    43 Apr 29  2004 .tux_aqfh_rc
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles    34 Feb  4 18:05 .tuxpuckrc
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     4 Dec 10 21:08 .tuxracer
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Oct 15 05:49 .tzap
drwxr-xr-x   7 cuddles cuddles    12 Dec 10 21:08 .vegastrike
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles  2900 Dec 18 19:23 .viminfo
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     8 Dec 10 21:08 .wine
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles     5 Jul  2  2004 .wmrc
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .xbl-scores
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   684 May 23  2004 .xboing-scores
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles    20 Feb  8 13:08 .xchat2
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Nov 19  2003 .xfce4
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  1042 Feb  8  2003 .xfwm4rc
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   280 Feb  4 17:47 .xgalscores
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     6 Dec 10 21:08 .xine
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   120 Apr 22  2004 .xkoules-controls
drwxr-xr-x   4 cuddles cuddles     7 Jan 12 09:30 .xmms
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles 10989 Feb  3 23:36 .xscreensaver
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles 78025 Feb 12 09:38 .xsession-errors
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles   156 Aug 18 11:49 .xskat.opt
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 .xwelltris
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles     4 Mar 13  2004 Audacity-cuddles
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     4 Jan 30 14:40 CDs
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles    19 Jan 19 02:28 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x  13 cuddles cuddles    32 Feb 12 09:36 Mail
-rw-------   1 cuddles cuddles  8014 May  2  2004 RealEasy
lrwxrwxrwx   1 cuddles cuddles    50 Dec 10 21:08 TransGaming_Drive -> /home/cuddles/.point2play_timedemo/.extras/c_drive
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 faxin
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     2 Dec 10 21:08 faxout
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Dec 10 21:08 faxsent
-rw-r--r--   1 cuddles cuddles  2521 Dec 10 13:19 kanotixinstall
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     2 Dec 10 13:12 none
drwxr-xr-x   3 cuddles cuddles     3 Oct 14 19:00 pctv
drwxr-xr-x   2 cuddles cuddles     2 Jan  2 15:25 tmp
cuddles@morpheus:~$
So you have vdir, but, also the Linux "standard" ls as well