Thanks for replies, I have tried 'memprof' but there are problems (I suppose) for programs that use g_spawn. with > mtrace appl appl_log I get 'No memory leaks.' Mah?!? I hope (but I'm not sure) that my prg works... Thanks again France __________________________________________________________________ Partecipa al concorso Tiscali "collegati e vinci", il primo premio e' un viaggio per 2 persone a Zanzibar! http://point.tiscali.it/numerounico/ _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list