I am trying to rsync the named files under /etc for backup purposes. I tried: rsync -ah --stats --delete -e "ssh -p613 -l root" 192.168.192.2:/etc/name* /home/rgm/data/htt/httnet/homebase/new/etc The stats shows it sees all the files, but only moves the dir /etc/named and the files within it. It does not move the /etc/name* files (like /etc/named.conf). By file count, it is 'seeing' all the files, but not moving them.