I've tried it in both 3.0.2 and 3.0.3.15 without success. Shouldn't this work? rabins -S 127.0.0.1:561 -M time 10m -w t/%Y/%m/%d/argus.%H.%M.%S # find t t t/%Y t/%Y/%m t/%Y/%m/%d Another example: rabins -S 127.0.0.1:561 -M time 10m -w "t/\$srcid/argus." # find t t t/$srcid I'm running FreeBSD i386 BTW. -Corey Smith