The ps method is a cludge at best, and a bad one at that because it also catches processes started by other shells under the same uid.
> That'd be a simple > jobs -p %x Does the %NUMBER bit work the same in scripts? How do I get the exit code of those processes? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
