Peter Bailey wrote: > Robert Klemme wrote: (...)> > I'm very sorry. You're right. I'm on Windows XP, 32-bit. Ruby 1.8.6. The > scheduler I use is Splinterware's System Scheduler. It's set up to only > execute when there are files in the source directory. Like I said above, > the first thing my script does is move the input files. So, it's very > rare that there would be new files in the input directory the next time > it's scheduled. But, even if there were, it should kick off a new > instance of the script. > The script executes fine until it gets to the part where it's supposed > to copy and move the files, using FileUtils. > It works perfectly in the editor, like I said, and, it works perfectly > when run from the command shell. This system scheduler uses the LocalSystem account (by default). Does this account have access to both the source and target folders? hth Siep -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.