From: ara.t.howard@... Date: 2006-08-08T06:48:43+09:00 Subject: Re: How to recognize which child process has just ended? On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Francis Cianfrocca wrote: > Use a SIGCHLD handler if you need to know instantly > when a child process finishes, but as always observe the standard > guidelines for coding signal handlers. sorry i wasn't more explicit - it's this that i interpreted the OP had wanted since he asked to know __when__ the child exited not to do something whenever it happened to. i may have been mistaken in my interpretation though... in any case we are in total agreement. -a -- to foster inner awareness, introspection, and reasoning is more efficient than meditation and prayer. - h.h. the 14th dali lama