Hi Shaun: You can use scp but it has a tendency to stall with weird network traffic. I suggest you use rsync which works very well, uses ssh and does not stall. A typical command line for rsync looks like this: rsync -au -e ssh from_host:from_dir to_host:to_dir & The 'au' means archive and update only. The 'e' means use ssh encryption and the to and from things are optional depending on exactly what you wish to do. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061