Hi, Near as I can figure darcs does not track filesystem metadata, like file permissions. Seems like mtree could be used to help support this. http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=3Dmtree&sektion=3D8 Karl <kop at meme.com> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward." -- Robert A. Heinlein