Raul Miller writes: > Only works if you're guaranteed that there's only one running instance > of the daemon. I wrote: > ??? > > hasler/~ pidof xterm > 30423 30422 30421 30420 30419 > hasler/~ Raul Miller writes: > xterm is not a daemon What's that got to do with it? hasler/~ pidof nfsiod 7 6 5 4 I just suggested pidof as a superior alternative to the ps|grep|cut kludge (which I have used). -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI