To get a number of the http processes running on my Linux( Debia box) I use ps -ef | grep "[h]ttpd" | wc -l
But If I want to use to get a number of the http processes from my Python program I must use a popen command e.g. popen2.popen3('ps -ef | grep "[h]ttpd" | wc -l') that is I must call an external command from Python. But it creates a zombie. So my question is: Is it possible to get a number of the http processes running on Linux directly from Python ? Thanks for help. L. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list