hi A quick question: Is there an easy way to check if a process is running given it's PID? There seems to be nothing like Process.exists?(pid). If I was root I could use Process.kill(0,pid) to test, but the program needs to run as a plain user. Do I have to parse the output from ps -e? Thanks in advance :) -- George Mochrie aka Drasil ICQ# 84423409