> And I've done something similar ... what would be nice is a /proc > interface for reading these values directly without an exec. Now there are 3 of us we did it :) But the /proc interface isn't a bad idea. Anyone has an idea how to do t= his? Stef --=20 stef.coene@docum.org "Using Linux as bandwidth manager" http://www.docum.org/ #lartc @ irc.openprojects.net