I have a new computer 64bit, Suse 10.0 (dest ) and an old computer 32bit, Suse 10.0 (src) on my Lan. I have copied my home directory from the old to the new using rsync, but certain files like .bash_history did not transfer. Using the example in the manual: rsync -avz foo:src/bar /data/tmp on 'dest' like this: rsync -avz 192.168.0.8:home/myhome/z_rsync_test /home/myhome just hangs no error messages -- nothing. Whereas using it like this on 'src' works: rsync -avz /home/myhome/z_rsync_test 192.168.0.4: except that some files are not copied like .bash_history and my mail files seem to have been copied but the accounts in Kmail on the new machine have not been created. In the first example when I rsync using the format in the man page and it hangs, what am I doing wrong. In the second example why does rsync -avz /home/myhome/z_rsync_test 192.168.0.4: work while rsync -avz /home/myhome/z_rsync_test 192.168.0.4:home/adriel/ does not: Password: building file list ... done rsync: mkdir "/home/myhome/home/myhome" failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(422) rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (8 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(434) I assume it is because in this instance my home directory is the 'root' directory since I'm logged in as my user. Is this true? Thanks, Jerome