I'd add something like "env >/tmp/some_dummy_filename" to the start of your script, so you can look at the environment it inherits. When I've had this sort of problem it's usually been because some important settings (such as $PATH) weren't automagically set, and need to be explicitly coded into the script. On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 01:06:13AM -0000, Pollywog wrote: > In my script, I have: > > #!/bin/sh > sleep 10s > /usr/bin/fetchmail -d 480