I use a Linux RH to mount our windoze W2K share and backup the data. mount -t smb -o username=administrator,workgroup=sitd8,password=XXXXXXX //server/e$ /mnt/XXX rsync -av --stats /mnt/XXX /home1/XXXX This is my rsync version rsync version 2.5.5 protocol version 26 I can see in the log file a lot of the following error send_files failed to /mnt/XXX/e/dati/sys/DATI/USR/XXX.zip No such file or directory rsync error: partial transfer (code 23) at main.c(578) I can open correctly yje file on the server!!!! the backup is made at 4:00 AM so noone is at the office in that time! Have you any idea?? Regards Luca Luca Brighetti __________________________________________________________________ Tiscali ADSL a 1 euro al giorno, traffico incluso!e in piu' telefoni gratis. Abbonati entro il 31 maggio, l'attivazione e' gratuita. http://point.tiscali.it/adsl/index.shtml