hmmmmm.... not working. I wonder why. Any ideas? bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~ $ scp -r -o Compression yes -o CompressionLevel 9 -o HostName 192.168.0.3:mnt/sda1 fatherswithforeignbabies.us@fatherswithforeignbabies.us:copies/2012-2-17 command-line line 0: Missing yes/no argument. lost connection bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~ $ The yes/no argument is there though! I tried putting the yes in quotes, capitalized, just y, and some others I can't remember. On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > cool.... after investigating further I've modified my command string. > Could you show me how to make it right (I just assume I'm wrong anymore!)? > > scp -r -o Compression yes -o CompressionLevel 9 user1@host1:mnt/sda1 > user2@host2:desired/directory/file/name > > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: