> Are progs a&b yours? Yes. They are mine. > If so, how about having each one check ps for the > other one as part of it's exit. If the other one isn't running, start > progc before exit. > That is a nice idea. I have not thought about it. For now, I will go with Gifford's tip of using the shell's "wait" function. regards raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/