When using the backtick operator: $rsh = split("\n", `rsh 10.0.0.2 sysstat -c 5 -xs 5 2>&1 </dev/null`);
I get the following defunct (zombie) processes root 1477 0.0 0.2 1608 604 ? S 15:44 0:00 \_ CROND nagios 1478 0.1 0.3 1964 864 ? S 15:44 0:00 \_ /bin/sh -c /usr/local/bin/php /home/jeff/at.php 1>/dev/null 2>&1 nagios 1484 0.7 1.2 6416 3176 ? S 15:44 0:00 \_ /usr/local/bin/php /home/jeff/at.php nagios 1537 0.0 0.3 1952 848 ? S 15:44 0:00 \_ sh -c rsh 10.0.0.2 sysstat -c 5 -xs 5 2>&1 </dev/null nagios 1545 0.1 0.3 1844 772 ? S 15:44 0:00 \_ rsh 10.0.0.2 sysstat -c 5 -xs 5 nagios 1564 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 15:44 0:00 \_ [rsh <defunct>] Any thoughts? Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php