I am trying to run rsync 2.4.6 on Solaris 8 with the following command: rsync -avr -e /usr/local/bin/ssh --rsync-path=/opt/local/rsync remote:var/mail /tmp I am expecting to have all files in server remote/var/mail copied to local server /temp/var/mail I get a message opendir(mail): Too many open files (continuous scroll on the screen) If I use the same command and explicitly name a file like: remote:var/mail/filename /tmp everything works just fine, but I have to explicitly name all files to transfer, like the -r option does not work I also tried: remote:var/mail/ /tmp This produces a readlink : No such file or directory Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks -hhk ===========================================Heinz H. Kahan Systems Manager - Molecular Microbiology Washington University School of Medicine 4566 Scott Ave., Box 8230 St. Louis, Mo 63110 voice: 314/362-2816 fax: 314/362-1232 email: heinzk@borcim.wustl.edu