Grant> Are you sure it's not Python buffering its input? Have you tried Grant> "python -u mympstat.py"?
Hmmm... No, I hadn't considered that. I'll check it out. Thanks... Grant> I had a Linux pty example running once upon a time. If "python Grant> -u" doesn't work post again, and I'll try to find it. Would be helpful even if I don't need it for this task, as I've not been able to find any simple examples on the net. (Maybe there's a recipe at ActiveState, but Google didn't pick up anything with the search terms I was using.) Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list