Hi, Please find script below and hopefully tell me why when I run it over the web it works perfectly but when I run it using cron or in a telnet session it errors saying no such file or directory. THIS IS THE ERROR /* ./fetch_news.php: ?: No such file or directory ./fetch_news.php: syntax error near unexpected token `fetchnews($mysourcefile,$m youtputfile,$myflashvar)' */ THIS IS THE SCRIPT <? #Requires 3 Params #$mysourcefile = path to content source html file #$myoutputfile = path to content output html file #$myflashvar = Flash variable you wish to assign the content to eg:mynews, mytechnology function fetchnews($mysourcefile,$myoutputfile,$myflashvar) { $mysource=fopen($mysourcefile,"r") or die ("Couldn't open the Source file"); $myoutput=fopen($myoutputfile,"w") or die ("Couldn't open the Output file");; fwrite($myoutput,$myflashvar); while (!feof($mysource)) { $myline=fgets($mysource, 1024); $stripquotes=eregi_replace("'","`",$myline); $stripcolors=eregi_replace("COLOR=\"#.*\"","",$myline); if (eregi('^<a.*<\/a><br>',$stripcolors)) { $newanchor=eregi_replace("<br>","",$stripcolors); fwrite($myoutput,"$newanchor<br>"); } } fclose($myoutput); fclose($mysource); } ?> <? fetchnews("http://www.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?c=Graphics%20industry%20ne ws&o=html","graphicsnews.php","mynews="); ?> All help and advise is as always gratefully received! Splashy.