While doing some testing I noticed that you can't set the blocksize to 700 on large files in rsync-2.4.6. I have attached a patch that adds a variable that is set when the blocksize is specified rather that just testing whether it is not equal to the default setting. Brian -- "...and that's why all the dinosaurs were commies." "Even the stegasaurus?" "Especially the stegasaurus!" [EMAIL PROTECTED]