>>>>> "Luigi" == Luigi Montella <luigi@dynamica.it> writes: Luigi> io farei : Luigi> emacspid=`pidof emacs`... farei la stessa cosa :-) >> emacspid=`ps -u $USER |awk '$4=="emacs"{print $1}'` >> if [ $emacspid ]; then ... -- Hedi Berriche mailto:hedi.berriche@btinternet.com This is Linux Country. In a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.