pfalstad at phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Paul Falstad) writes: > xterm -e "foobar" & > # ... > kill -9 $! Blech. Here, try this: TEMP=/tmp/$$.`whoami` (xterm -e "foobar" &) 2>$TEMP # ... kill -9 `cat $TEMP` -- Marc Unangst | mju at mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us | "Bus error: passengers dumped" ...!hela!mudos!mju |