Net_ping problems

Hi all Its been a while since I've posted here, but I have a strange problem and I'm not quite sure where its coming from: I'm running FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE/PHP 4.2.3 port (CLI, not mod_php, its installed also) I'm using Net_Ping to monitor our customers ADSL connections, running a script in a crontab every 15 mins. The strange thing is the script runs fine from the commandline, but when run from crontab I get an email from crontab telling me: -c: Not Found -c: Not Found -c: Not Found -c: Not Found -c: Not Found -c: Not Found (I'm monitoring 6 IP's) The only place I can find a "-c" is for the "count" switch in Net/Ping.php. I'm not sure if thats what this error means, but if it is, why only from a crontab and not from the commandline? Is it an error from the script, Ping class, cron, php? If anyone can shed light on this I would be most grateful. Net_Ping IDEA: How about wrapping the responses from the ping, rather than just providing an array. So that we can catch "Packets Sent", "Packets Received", etc each in their own variable, without having all the rest of the text to strip. I have done this crudely myself, but it is not portable, and I'm not that great at PHP just yet, sits likely a bit ropey! Best Regards Simon H