As I begin to write this I wonder if this really an apache issue but will ask here to see if anyone has some idea. We have a php interface to our system running apache 2 on fedora 1 box. One page calls a script that does a system() call on a script that runs for several minutes. The issue is that no other calls to the server will return from the client until the script returns. I like the ability to watch the progress of this script but is suppose I can send the output to a file and occasionally retrieve the contents of the file but that seems really inefficient. If there is another way to have apache process additional requests, from the same client, that would be a good thing. As far as can tell, the same apache process is is used each time, but i am having trouble verifying that to my satisfaction. Any tips appreciated. All work is done in https and there is extensive use of php sessions on the system if that makes a difference. Bret -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php