Is there any convenient way for a process (on Xenix 2.3.2 if that's relevant) to sleep on the event that a known (spool) directory gets modified by the creation of a file in that directory? -- Dave Eisen dkeisen at Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU 1447 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043 (415) 967-5644