Am 07.07.2004 um 12:38 schrieb Sanjay Mishra: I just pass all the arguments to it to one of the existing filters using execlp() and call wait() as the last function in the filter. You simulate the system() or popen() function ... After around 80 transactions and that too only on the single processor Mac machines it throws the error "can't fork". ... obviously less than perfect. What could be going wrong? Some table, noteably the kernels process table, might fill up. Try a "ps -auxww" while you notice the fault and look for something unusual. ... it gets the file from a predefined location ... (shuffling the data around through pipes should be faster and no disk space is needed) Are there any tool that can help me out. As a last resort, reduce code until it fits into an eMail and post it here. HTH, Markus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dipl. Ing. Markus Hitter http://www.jump-ing.de/ _______________________________________________ darwin-kernel mailing list | darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/darwin-kernel Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.