From: ara.t.howard@... Date: 2006-11-17T07:43:43+09:00 Subject: Re: testing whether a process has completed.. On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Matthew Williams wrote: > I'm on a windows platform, and any help is very much appreciated.. Thank > you ah - you cannot possible do it then. threads and io and webservers will 100% sure hang your web server. if you __really__ want to do this you'll have to move to *nix. sorry! -a -- my religion is very simple. my religion is kindness. -- the dalai lama