This probably something I'm not understanding about how cron works. I use the following command to capture screen shots: screencapture /mgscreen$( date +%R ) and it returns a file like: mgscreen13:48 Now I would like to schedule that for every half-hour, so I put the following entry in crontab: 0,30 7-16 * * 1-6 screencapture /mgscreen$( date +%R ) and I get the following error reported through Unix mail: Subject: Cron <marleygraham at Marley-Grahams-Computer> screencapture / mgscreen$( d X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=marleygraham> X-Cron-Env: <USER=marleygraham> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/Users/marleygraham> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:00:00 -0700 (PDT) /bin/sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)' /bin/sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file Can someone tell me why cron doesn't like the syntax when it works OK on the command line? Marley Graham Aqua-Flo Supply ==============