.. or more accurately ones which have died - say with a segv. AIX does this and it is really useful. No longer do you say "hang on, .... hmmm - it's not running" - you can tell that it crashed, when it crashed etc. Adrian Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@hursley.ibm.com> Internal: 7-245528 External: 01962-815528 DM2E8 or DE2R05, Hursley Park, UK (Mailpoint 211)