> cd /var/hack/TyTool > ./tserver_mfs Wouldn't it be better as: (cd /var/hack/TyTool; ./tserver_mfs > /dev/null 2>&1 &) The parens '()' should spawn the above commands in a subshell with tserver_mfs run in the background and has the output sent to the null device... Pat -- "Let's Roll" - Todd Beamer