In csh under 4.[12] in sh.proc.c, a check is made to see if a reaped child's pid matches the variable "child" and unsets "child" if this is true. Uh.... this variable never gets set. These two lines should go away. "toto, i don't think we're in v7 anymore" cliff -- cliff spencer {decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4,wjh12}!bbncca!cspencer cspencer at bbncca.ARPA