It seems that when I run it one way it updates chromium's cache files but not when I copy the other way. rsync -vva --exclude=.*lock* --exclude=.*mozilla* --exclude=.*chromium* bmike1@192.168.0.4:/home/bmike1/ ~/ rsync -vva --exclude=.*lock* --exclude=.*mozilla* --exclude=.*chromium* ~/ bmike1@192.168.0.4:/home/bmike1/ -- :-)~MIKE~(-: