Is there away to just generate the differences? When using the --write-batch option the system you sync with still gets sync'd along with the --write-batch files being generated to be sent and applied to other systems. I need this to work in 2 stages, rsync between machine a and machine b and only generate the differences. Later I'll send those to machine b and apply them via --read-batch. mywyoo __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com