I would have never thought to check that. Thanks. By adding the explicit verbose option, I got the information into the log file: mktexlsr --verbose >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 ✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝✝ Br. Samuel, OSB (R. Padraic Springuel) PAX ☧ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ