Yohoo! >Rsync's main benefit is on backups of changed files. dumping to a new >destination every time makes rsync less efficient than just about every >other >option. >Now if you made the new directory, and hardlinked the old stuff to the new >directory, then rsync would shine. That's what rsnapshot is designed for. It uses rsync to sync the files to a backup destination and hardlinks any existing file, so you can go back to any level you like. Christian