Trivial note to maintainer: Suggest mkdir -p for /var/cron/tabs to avoid cosmetic error message when the directory already exists: + mkdir /var/cron/tabs mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/cron/tabs': File exists You could then remove the mkdir -p of /var/cron for one less command ;-). Did you really mean to leave the set -x in? HTH -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/