I've seen 2 different error messages mentioned: "arg list to long", and "too many files." The former is repeated a few times with the same misspelling which casts doubt. The later makes more sense but has nothing to do with the rsync's arguments. Can you go back to the beginning and copy/paste the original command with the actual error message? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070830/244e31de/attachment-0004.sig>