Dark Ambient wrote: > Sorry, but googling doesn't seem to be leading me anywhere. I have a > number o Ruby examples from books that demonstrate things using the > Unix ps command for system status. Can someone please tell me what is > the equivalent call in the Windows environment ? If you are on WinXP (maybe also Win2k), try tasklist I've been using it in a utility to monitor what apps I use. tasklist /V will report on these fields: Image Name PID Session Name Session#Mem Usage Status User Name CPU Time Window Title -- James Britt "Take eloquence and wring its neck." - Paul Verlaine