On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 11:46:58AM CDT, Craig A. Finseth <fin at finseth.com> wrote: : : 6. Tried command: cp -pr /Users/caitlyn : 7. came up with following lines: : usage: cp [-R [-H | -L -P]] [-f | -I | -n] [-pv] src target : cp [-R [-H | -L -P]] [-f | -I | -n] [-pv] src1 ... srcN directory The command as typed above is incomplete. The destination needs to be specified, i.e. where do you want your copies to go. For example, the following makes a copy of a home directory in the /tmp directory: cp -pr /Users/caitlyn /tmp -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/