Ahhh yes silly me. Toying around with it I came to that conclusion. Specifying the secrets file as the source of the password was my problem. I created a file on the local machine and put the password in there just as plain as could be. I made it readable only for root. Then I ran the command and it worked like a charm. Now I am off to figure out a way to make each module log to a different logfile. If I knew anything about code I would add an option to read a file to gather the source of the archive like tar -t. Thank you very much for your help. I will hang around and see if I can help somebody with this powerfull tool. Thanks again!!! -- Clint Boggio <clint.boggio@hoganhardwoods.com> Hogan Hardwoods & Moulding