> > put everything in a shell script, and run the script. > > Yea, I tried that but neglected to see how it behaved from inside an ssh > session. It works there but with plink :( > Back to the drawing board... > jlc For those that followed, a working solution came from a helpful soul in an ssh list when looking for putty/plink help! `echo "command" | at now` when sent via plink returned control back immediately and allowed execution to take place making the Windows script side happy. jlc