* Cary, Kim <Kim.Cary@pepperdine.edu> > file("/Volumes/syslog/syslog-ng/$HOST/$YEAR/$MONTH/$DAY/ > $FACILITY_$HOST_$YEAR_$MONTH_$DAY" Odds are the _ is being included in the variable name matching. I have not had problems using hyphens instead of underscores in filenames.