I'm far from an expert, but that never stops me. Much snipping below. On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 05:24:29PM -0400, Jule Slootbeek wrote: > jule@dolphy:~$ scp -v test jslootbeek@babbage.clarku.edu:~/ > jslootbeek, command scp -v -t ~/ Where'd that "-t" come from? Is scp by any chance an alias or script for you, maybe something you put in .profile or ~/bin and forgot about? -- Carl Fink carl@fink.to Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com