Thanks again John, and Stephen. In the end I rewrote the java command to point to 1.6.0 instead of 1.4.2. One thing that wrongfooted me is that 1.4.2 is in /usr/lib/jvm/jre1.4.2..... but 1.6.0 is in /usr/java/ I'll keep the salt standing by. NDI _________________________________________________________________ Celeb spotting – Play CelebMashup and win cool prizes https://www.celebmashup.com