From: Me Me Date: 2008-06-24T00:48:06+09:00 Subject: Re: Timeout when reading from a pipe > if you are windows no, otherwise yes. Ok, we discussed about that but it was in another thread. So, it's not even possible to detect that an external exe launched is become a zombie process? Do I have to resort to threads? Thans again -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.