I saw this, which seems like a bug. The only difference between check_rsync and rsync aliases is that the former uses dry run. greenwood$ check_rsync_greenwood_2_anorien | less building file list ... done .cvsrc .emacs wrote 33842 bytes read 28 bytes 1575.35 bytes/sec total size is 14437856 speedup is 426.27 greenwood$ rsync_greenwood_2_anorien building file list ... done ./ .cvs_repository/ .cvsrc 100 (100%) .emacs 1389 (100%) ./ wrote 34329 bytes read 64 bytes 1677.71 bytes/sec total size is 14437856 speedup is 419.79 greenwood$ __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." Britton Kerin