IT WORKS!!! The original problem with the "-a 0" being a combined value was it. When I separated them, I get the echo into the log correct for the new variable names, but had a typo for for one of them in the actual command launch.
Thanks for the pointer/tip. Onward and upward. MB -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ The ASCII \ / Ribbon Campaign [So it's true, scythe matters. Willow 5/12/03] X Against Visit - URL: http://vidiot.com/ / \ HTML Email -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/