>Ha ha, I remember writing a command like that (made it into a script for repeated use, with args) when one of our HP-UX servers in the company where I worked t

>Ha ha, I remember writing a command like that (made it into a script for repeated use, with args) when one of our HP-UX servers in the company where I worked then, had a DAT drive failure. The script allowed us to take backups of the source code and data on one such box from another box (connected on the same network), until the bad drive was replaced a few days later. Didn't know about nc or rysnc at the time. Good to see those other solutions, and good that there are many ways to do it, with different pros and cons.