According to the logger man page I see (part of the RPM util-linux-2.9o-13, from Red Hat 6.0, Linux 2.2.5), the usage # cat file | logger is standard, and the use of the "-" parameter is not. Perhaps busybox logger should be changed? -- David Douthitt UNIX Systems Administrator HP-UX, Linux, Unixware ddouthitt at mennonite.minister.net