Is there a flag I can set to use with rsync to backup every file of /usr/home/* [here on my FBSD desktop] to my Ubuntu desktop that has only /home/*?? Of course, I could always create /usr/home on my other computers. ... tia, gary -- Gary Kline kline at thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org