On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 elemint@cox.net wrote: > Here is the batch file in question: What is your definition of a batch file? > smbclient \\\\servername\\sharename -U -N > sleep 2 > put deleteme testagaina11 > quit > exit If you want to do this with a shell, do something like: ( sleep 2 ; echo 'put deleteme testagaina1' ; echo 'quit' ) | smbclient \\\\servername\\sharename -U -N Jeremy C. Reed http://www.reedmedia.net/