Hi, ..I wound up 8 of these mail mover lines: p=/home/arnt/Mail/z-inbox &&for i in `seq 1 1 840` ;do \ j=$((1569+$i)) ;scp arnt@192.168.1.35:$p/$i $p/$j ;done ...then mow the source laptop clean. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.