Does rsync -aAXv /dir1 /dir2, where dir2 is a mounted FAT formatted SD card, and then: rsync -aAXv /dir2 /dir1, to restore the files in dir1 from the FAT formatted SD card, restore the ACL and owner/permissions of the files and directories in dir1? Thanks, John -- John Conover, conover at rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/