On 3/25/07, Tim Jackson <lists at timj.co.uk> wrote: > Fetchmail is a binary (executable), not a shell script. So you can't run > it like that. > > You probably want a helper script that will execute fetchmail for you. > In many cases you'll need to specify options on the command line anyway. > For example, write a script called "my-fetchmail-script": > > #!/bin/sh > fetchmail --some-option --some-other-option > > and run "my-fetchmail-script" from cron. Ok. That works. Thanks Tim. Funny why cron behaves like that, does that mean I would have to make a helper script to run any other command I would want (as opposed to calling them directly)? -- Stand before it and there is no beginning. Follow it and there is no end. Stay with the ancient Tao, Move with the present.