copy *.* troubles

Hello List, I'm having trouble with copy. I have this script that I got from php.net but I can't figure out how to set the path. Right now it doesn't complain but no files are copied. I'm trying to use a dynamically set directory to do this, I have included ml_config to make the vars available. That's why the $listname in the to_path. I want all the files from /maillist to got to /$listname, I've tried all kinds of slashes, dots and anything else but I can't seem to copy any files. It echos files copied at the end but it lies. Here's the script ; <? include "ml_config.php"; $from_path ="/aamaillist/maillist05"; $to_path = "/aamaillist/$listname"; function rec_copy ($from_path, $to_path) { if(!is_dir($to_path)) { mkdir($to_path, 0777); } if ($handle = opendir($from_path)) { while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { if ($file != "." && $file != "..") { if (is_file($from_path."/".$file)) { copy($from_path."/".$file,$to_path."/".$file); } elseif ( is_dir($from_path."/".$file) ) { rec_copy($from_path."/".$file,$to_path."/".$file); } } } } } echo "files copied from $from_path<br>"; echo " files copied to $to_path<br>"; echo "$PHP_SELF"; ?> Anyone see obvious errors or offer another way ? malcolm -- -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/