At 10:47 AM 11/28/2005 +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: >to use ssh rather than ftp: > >tar cvf - /home | ssh operator@server "cat >/backups/home_$weekday.tar" An even better version of this is the scp utility. Secure remote copy. -- REMEMBER THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ---=< WTC 911 >=-- "...ne cede malis" 00000100