Hello, am using the following flags for my rsync line rsync --exclude=/path/to/a/file -av /some/dir /some/other/dir and every time it sync the file is copied, any idea why? or am using the wrong expression? Bashar AlAbdulhadi (KBM) E&D UNIX System Support Team (SUN) IT Department, Kuwait Oil Company babdulhadi at kockw.com +965-3989111 x71288