> PATHS - everytime i have cron issues its a PATH problem. The cron env is > not the same as the user when logged in Thanks, that's probably the cause. rsnapshot resides in /usr/local/bin I changed the PATH in /etc/crontab now. Silly that I didn't see it. So jobs in /etc/crontab are executed with the PATH in there, but jobs in roots crontab are executed with the PATH set in .bashrc? Andreas