The attached patch attempts to fall back from Windows to Cygwin PIDs. This only adds functionality, without changing the previous behavior. As such, I believe it will lessen confusion for those expecting normal Unix like behavior under Cygwin. Thanks and please CC me on replies. -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International Phone: 314-551-8460 Fax: 314-551-8444