>You'd need to count the number of idle BPXASs and decide then >if and how many to "create". Idle ones are those which show >up as "BPXAS" in a D A,BPXAS. Haven't thought about how to >get that information in the keep-alive program, I admit.
And Johns suggestion to use modify.... There goes the 'simple fork() program'! :-) All good points, I'll keep them in mind. Best regards, Barbara -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html