Thanks @ljanyst for the tip that probably only you were aware of! :) Even so, this mechanism is totally different from what the `xrdcp` usually has . I would still keep the patch since the env variable approach can also be applied separately to the source (read) and/or destination(write), and is the common way to tweak things for `xrdcp`. --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/298#issuecomment-148112433 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1