Sorry guys that was a type i worte here not in my script...it was right in my script! it is a > instead of a . > > rm /var/tmp/pump.out > > > > echo IPADDR=$IPADDR . /etc/rc.d/pump.info > > Try changing the . to > in the above line. (it was a > ) > > > echo NETMASK=$NETMASK >> /etc/rc.d/pump.info > > echo SUBNET_BASE=$NETWORK >> /etc/rc.d/pump.info __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com