Dave, Argh! I shouldn't have had the "-f" option in there. The command should have been "ps -e | grep -q syslog-ng && echo Problem found". Let me skip trying to be clever and just ask for the output of "ps -e | grep syslog". > Zilch. > > — Dave Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PXK-681085 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed