Adding the backslash characters provided no change in operation of the script. I'm about to use a very crude solution to this problem I'd prefer not to have to do, but sometimes you just got to take one for the team. I'm going to put a sleep 600 command above the date command and so long as the actual download is completed in that amount of time the script should run successfully. On Sat, 22 Jun 2013, Ari Moisio wrote: > Hi > > Jus a wild guess but should there be a backslash at the end of each line > after the && or leave the && off. > > For debug purpose you can run scripts with bash -x. It will print to stderr > each line expanded before executing it. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> About to block another web browser version? Ask yourself what Tim Berners-lee would do. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list