> Its clear now. But suppose the child doesn't terminate for a long time, say > its going through an infinite loop, the we have to kill the child right? U r right... You have to kill the child!! Regards -- Shine Mohamed Jabbar <shinemohamed_j@naturesoft.net> Naturesoft www.nature-soft.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/