When using --files-from on the receiver side with the following command line (running the latest version of rsync from cvs as of 7/16/2003, rsync version 2.5.6 protocol version 27 on W2K) C:\rsync>rsync.exe -a --files-from=/cygdrive/C/rsync/filelist somewhere.com::Test 2 /cygdrive/C/test1 I get the following error on the receiver: rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (24 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(189) In the server logs I get the more interesting error: 2003/07/18 [1300] rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at options.c(653) 2003/07/18 [2136] rsync error: received SIGUSR1 or SIGINT (code 20) at rsync.c(229) I dug deeper and found that it was exiting at around line 653 in options.c In the statement: if (*argc != 2) *argc is 1 and so the program exits. FYI, (*argv)[0] is a "." Any education as to what's going on is appreciated... _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail