Well since my isp is acting up again (suprise suprise) my post wasn't sent, but pdksh _does_ use SIGCHLD or the like and SIG_DEF or whatever the one "flag" was that sergey stated wouldn't work. - alex - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".