In article <1991Mar3.214844.15444 at csusac.csus.edu> emmonsl at athena.ecs.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons) writes: > using fork/exec/pipe: 0.0u 0.1s 0:00 35% 5+6k 0+0io 0pf+0w > using system: 0.2u 0.4s 0:00 70% 32+18k 0+4io 0pf+0w This is, of course, because you aren't waiting for the child to finish. ---Dan