On 3/12/06, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Part one - making a script to create the second generation backup onto diskB - > is not a big problem. What is a bigger problem is what to use for the second > part. Rsync does not seem to be the right tool for this. I don't want all > the older stuff copied back onto the workstation, I just want the new stuff > added to the archive. I'm mainly thinking of a photo archive. Rsync can be configure in order to copy only the new stuff: option -u. Paul