Hi! Look: |mh at q[4/504]:/mnt/sd04-p7/masterbackup$ scp * torres.ka0.marc-haber.de:~mh/q/ |Enter passphrase for RSA key 'mh at q': |raid0.tar.bz2 15% |**** | 99864 KB 00:00 ETA |root.tar.bz 100% |*****************************| 5406 KB 00:00 ETA |mh at q[7/507]:/mnt/sd04-p7/masterbackup$ ls -al `which scp` |lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 16 22:06 /usr/local/bin/scp -> ../stow/openssh1.2pre12/bin/scp* |mh at q[8/508]:/mnt/sd04-p7/masterbackup$ ls -al |total 105691 |drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Nov 18 21:38 ./ |drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 1024 Nov 18 21:27 ../ |-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 102260941 Nov 18 22:16 raid0.tar.bz2 |-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5536719 Nov 18 21:32 root.tar.bz |mh at q[9/509]:/mnt/sd04-p7/masterbackup$ The large file arrived intact. However, the progress bar stopped at 15 %. I didn't watch it, so I can't say if it ever exceeded the 15 % mark. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29