Mike, You asked for it ;) They're a little ugly with comments and such- but since they work I haven't gone back to clean up. Note that there is the server side script and the client, or backup machine scripts. The server side script is named backup and uses the attached ex_file. The client side is named dlscript and runs on a Windows machine using Cygwin. mike hoy wrote: > Patrick, > > Yes I would be grateful for any examples you could provide. Of course > don't want you to go out of your way or anything. > > Thanks, > > Mike H