Hello Rick,

 RS> So everything has been running just fine.  Last couple of days if I
 RS> run echoscan.sh from the command line I get the above error.

Was echoscan.sh working previously?

 RS> echoscan is a script that scans msgbase for outgoing msg's/ I tried
 RS> pasting it here but it jumbles up the code, would have looked like one
 RS> of my old ansi messages!

What happens if you run "hpt scan" from the command line?

I have never seen an error like the one you posted. If "hpt scan" runs
correctly then there may be a typo in your echoscan.sh.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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