Daniel Pittman wrote: > Oh, there are other tools that might work in place of tar or > cpio, too. For example, GNU cp with option '-a'. I have used it successfully for cloning directory trees. regards chl -- Dipl. Phys. Carsten Lechte Institut fuer Exp. und Angew. Physik der CAU Kiel, Germany Dienst: http://www.ieap.uni-kiel.de/plasma/ag-stroth