Hi! FN> /kern/<pid>/stat FN> /kern/<pid>/status (readable form of stat) FN> or over the deprecated old interface through /proc. Ok, thanks! But is there also an equivalent in MagiC? Because actually I need this in MagiC! Does it offer me to find out if a process is asleep? I have a feeling what the answer will be... Cheers, Ingo =;->