Paul, I think its fair to say, "Yo Da Man!". I saw the note at the end of the crontab man pages when trying to find and answer yet for some reason didn't look at crontab (5) man page, what a fool I have been. This has totally resolved the issue, thanks very much...for pointing out im a fool ;) Regards, James ;) -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT/MU/U dpu s: a--> C++>$ U+> L++> B-> P+> E?> W+++>$ N K W++ O M++>$ V- PS+++ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5 X+ R- tv+ b+> DI D+++ G+ e(+++++) h--(++) r++ z++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------