From: Robert Klemme Date: 2010-02-18T03:05:04+09:00 Subject: Re: system waiting for launched process AND forked processes On 02/17/2010 06:42 PM, Roger Pack wrote: > Process.fork { > Thread.new { system("long running command")} > } What do you create the thread for? Also exec is probably a better choice in this case. Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/