i attempted to do a: scp -r /local_directory name at 192.168.0.2:/remote_directory and it starts working... BUT it seems to infinitely LOOP in the first directory with files that it encounters... like this... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- [TiBook:~] dude% scp -r /xgrid_work dude at 192.168.0.2:/xgrid_work dude at 192.168.0.2's password: .DS_Store 100% |*****************************| 6148 00:00 .DS_Store 100% |*****************************| 6148 00:00 workspace.mel 100% |*****************************| 902 00:00 .DS_Store 100% |*****************************| 6148 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.1 100% |*****************************| 65868 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.10 100% |*****************************| 63592 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.100 100% |*****************************| 47052 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.101 100% |*****************************| 46972 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.102 100% |*****************************| 46936 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.103 100% |*****************************| 46912 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.104 100% |*****************************| 46684 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.105 100% |*****************************| 46600 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.106 100% |*****************************| 46524 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.107 100% |*****************************| 46364 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.2 100% |*****************************| 65764 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.3 100% |*****************************| 65480 00:00 xgrid_test.mb 100% |*****************************| 100 KB 00:00 workspace.mel 100% |*****************************| 1130 00:00 .DS_Store 100% |*****************************| 6148 00:00 workspace.mel 100% |*****************************| 902 00:00 .DS_Store 100% |*****************************| 6148 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.1 100% |*****************************| 65868 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.10 100% |*****************************| 63592 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.100 100% |*****************************| 47052 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.101 100% |*****************************| 46972 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.102 100% |*****************************| 46936 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.103 100% |*****************************| 46912 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.104 100% |*****************************| 46684 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.105 100% |*****************************| 46600 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.106 100% |*****************************| 46524 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.107 100% |*****************************| 46364 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.2 100% |*****************************| 65764 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.3 100% |*****************************| 65480 00:00 xgrid_test.mb 100% |*****************************| 100 KB 00:00 workspace.mel 100% |*****************************| 1130 00:00 .DS_Store 100% |*****************************| 6148 00:00 workspace.mel 100% |*****************************| 902 00:00 .DS_Store 100% |*****************************| 6148 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.1 100% |*****************************| 65868 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.10 100% |*****************************| 63592 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.100 100% |*****************************| 47052 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.101 100% |*****************************| 46972 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.102 100% |*****************************| 46936 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.103 100% |*****************************| 46912 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.104 100% |*****************************| 46684 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.105 100% |*****************************| 46600 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.106 100% |*****************************| 46524 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.107 100% |*****************************| 46364 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.2 100% |*****************************| 65764 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.3 100% |*****************************| 65480 00:00 xgrid_test.mb 100% |*****************************| 100 KB 00:00 workspace.mel 100% |*****************************| 1130 00:00 .DS_Store 100% |*****************************| 6148 00:00 workspace.mel 100% |*****************************| 902 00:00 .DS_Store 100% |*****************************| 6148 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.1 100% |*****************************| 65868 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.10 100% |*****************************| 63592 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.100 100% |*****************************| 47052 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.101 100% |*****************************| 46972 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.102 100% |*****************************| 46936 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.103 100% |*****************************| 46912 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.104 100% |*****************************| 46684 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.105 100% |*****************************| 46600 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.106 100% |*****************************| 46524 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.107 100% |*****************************| 46364 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.2 100% |*****************************| 65764 00:00 xgrid_test.iff.3 100% |*****************************| 65480 00:00 xgrid_test.mb 100% |*****************************| 100 KB 00:00 workspace.mel 100% |*****************************| 1130 00:00 .DS_Store 100% |*****************************| 6148 00:00 workspace.mel 100% |*****************************| 902 00:00 .DS_Store 100% |*****************************| 6148 00:00 ^CKilled by signal 2. [TiBook:~] dude% ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ wtf?