>The symptom: Every time you pass a piece of an open file through a >filter (e.g., 'spell', 'filter' etc) using the ! <cursor-move> operator, >'vi' leaves the process it used hanging <defunct> in the system, I see this same problem here ( Sys V.3.1 on a '386). -- Branch Technology | zeeff at b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us | Ann Arbor, MI