On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:50:10 +0100, Jacob S wrote: > $ free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 516308 514288 2020 0 1712 101836 > -/+ buffers/cache:410740 105568 > Swap: 497968 467868 30100 This is simply too little of free memory to expect reliable behaviour. Try to get more memory (RAM or larger swap) and come back if it doesn't work. I almost bet it will. 30 k plus 2 isn't enough for crond plus your script. HTH, Uwe