On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 01:54:25PM -0500, Vu Huynh wrote: > % rsync --password-file -avz user at host::KIT1 KIT1 --exclude '5.*' > --exclude '6.*' Since you're using compression, be sure to try the compression bugfix: http://www.blorf.net/rsync-2.5.7-compress-fix.patch ..wayne..