Trying to run an rsync job between an old Debian machine rsync version 2.6.9 protocol version 29 and a newer CentOS box: rsync version 2.6.8 protocol version 29 Just trying to grab the home directory [from the CentOS box]: rsync -avvv server.domain.org:/home/ /bu/home/ --exclude-from=excludes > rsync.test (where excludes contains: /proc, /tmp, /dev) rsync.test shows receiving the file list: [client] parse_filter_file(excludes,0,3) [client] add_rule(- /proc) [client] add_rule(- /tmp) [client] add_rule(- /dev) opening connection using ssh server.domain.org rsync --server --sender -vvvlogDtpr . /home/ receiving file list ... recv_file_name(/.) [tons of files, including many *NOT* in /home!] ... received 369290 names done ***BUT*** no files are ever transferred, nor does the rsync command ever return! Any thoughts would be appreciated, .. TIA, Lee