Thanks Guenther for the reply... I'm getting this error now: #############ERROR MESSAGES############## rsync -avH ayo.freshrpms.net::freshrpms/redhat/9/i386/freshrpms/RPMS/ . receiving file list ... link_stat /redhat/9/i386/freshrpms/RPMS/. : No such file or directory done client: nothing to do: perhaps you need to specify some filenames or the --recursive option? rsync error: partial transfer (code 23) at main.c(594) #################END##################### When I put the --recursive flag in the rsync, I receive the same error...any suggestion? --Theresa