From: ahoward Date: 2003-02-05T14:46:04+09:00 Subject: kill '-SIGHUP', pgid -vs- kill 'SIGHUP', 0 AFAIK Process.kill '-SIGHUP', Process.getpgrp should be equivalent to Process.kill 'SIGHUP', 0 but i'm not sure if this would always (say in solaris) be the case. is one preferred or more portable? -a -- ==================================== | Ara Howard | NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory | Information and Technology Services | Data Systems Group | R/FST 325 Broadway | Boulder, CO 80305-3328 | Email: ahoward@fsl.noaa.gov | Phone: 303-497-7238 | Fax: 303-497-7259 ====================================