--- a/DirectoryContentsBrowser.st	Thu Nov 07 18:14:50 2002 +0100
+++ b/DirectoryContentsBrowser.st	Fri Nov 08 10:16:44 2002 +0100
@@ -2623,8 +2623,10 @@
 
     |allItems oldItems addItems remItems newItems|
 
+    self modificationTaskStop.
+    directory isNil ifTrue:[^ self].
+
     modificationTime := directory modificationTime.
-    self modificationTaskStop.
     self modificationTaskStart.
     allItems := self readDirectoryItems.
     oldItems := filteredItems copy.
@@ -2750,5 +2752,5 @@
 !DirectoryContentsBrowser class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libtool/DirectoryContentsBrowser.st,v 1.50 2002-11-06 10:15:53 penk Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libtool/DirectoryContentsBrowser.st,v 1.51 2002-11-08 09:16:44 cg Exp $'
 ! !