>>/ />>/ rsync -a knows as much or more about permissions, etc. as tar and zip />>/ do. And it is vastly more efficient when you repeat it to the same />>/ destination. />>/ />>/ -- />>/ Les Mikesell / >I understand, I was merely trying to supply a possible temporary workaround >if the rsync syntax they were using was correct and there was a real "too >much something" error. > - rh Doing " rsync -a /somedirectory/* . " doesnt work Doing " rsync -a /somedirectory . " does work. My bad. Jerry