Thanks Mike, this will also help "svn up mythtv mythplugins myththemes" Are you running this from a script? Is it widely available or yours personally? > ( echo Last Updated: `date` | > tee mythtv-update.log && > exit $PIPESTATUS ) && > svn update mythtv mythplugins myththemes 2>&1 | > tee -a mythtv-update.log AJM,