I have a strange problem I can't seem to figure out. Maybe it's the newbie in me. Below I have the following running in a cron job: mail -s "LDM missing files totals: LDM1 `date +%D`" .... Now, from bash this works perfectly, I get the date and everything. But from cron I get this: > /bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``' > /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file Can someone explain to me why? -- Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support