Re: crontab

> I want to run /var/www/backup_mysql.php Are you just trying to backup your MySQL database? If so, check this out: http://members.lycos.co.uk/wipe_out/automysqlbackup Edit a view configuration variables (db to be backed up, path, etc), throw it in /etc/cron.daily, and forget about it. I does daily, weekly, and monthly backups. It overwrites the daily backups after seven days, so you don't have a growing number of backups taking up HD space. It overwrites the weekly backups after 5 weeks for the same reason. It never overwrites monthly backups. I use it on several server. It works really well. Joseph