>>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander List <alex@babenberg.vc-graz.ac.at> writes: Alexander> You might also consider the tip posted before to use rsync Alexander> (rsync -e ssh) to transfer entire directory structures, or, since ssh will read from stdin, you can alter the old tar|tar trick to copy a directory tree: here$ cd srcdir here$ tar cf - . | ssh there 'cd dstdir; tar xf -' -- joe