Ok, another one: the process I would like to start is not a daemon itself. If I start it with "daemon" function it remains in foreground. Ok, I can play with '&' but is there a init function to start in background a process? d /* Davide Cittaro Cogentech - Consortium for Genomic Technologies via adamello, 16 20139 Milano Italy tel.: +39(02)574303007 e-mail: davide.cittaro at ifom-ieo-campus.it */