> note: rpVT still needs to be started _after_ ZTree is run on the remote
> machine, otherwise it may read an old zbar.dat

...which contains the previous ZTree session's last command, which was Q for Quit...

> and "Q"uit right away

...because the /rm option includes the 'quit with Z' function (see ZTWiki's rpVT History)

Wow - it's so obvious, and no one before you discovered it...
You are brilliant, Liviu! Thanks for your work!

Hartmut