>>>>> "Wayne" == Wayne Gemmell <wayneg@ananzi.co.za> writes: Wayne> Any ideas?? These are just two of my many attempts, the second Wayne> being as root. As you can see the directory does exist but from Wayne> what I can tell that doesn't matter much. Remember that the shell language is strange enough that variables declaration syntax and usage syntax are different. As variable name to be assigned, *don't* put the $. Regards, Isaac.