Hi All, There exist a threaded and (even MPI-parallel) 'cp' for large/parallel filesystems. http://people.nas.nasa.gov/~kolano/projects/mutil.html It is a bit of pain to build as it patches a particular version of GNU coreutils. -- Grigory Shamov Westgrid/ComputeCanada Site Lead University of Manitoba E2-588 EITC Building, (204) 474-9625