On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 03:10:11PM +0800, Matthew Healey wrote: > * 1 * * * command > * 1 * * * command That tells cron to run the command every minute from 1:00 to 1:59 A.M. If rsync doesn't finish in 60 seconds, another instance will start to run. You probably meant to use something like this: 0 1 * * * command That way it only runs once a day. ..wayne..