I thought that some of you might like to see some of the problems that plague Unix users. The gentleman who writes the following is looking for some batch control software but I thought that his motivations might prove of more interest to this list's membership. This comes from the HP-UX list. >>> Begin extract P.S. Please allow me to give you the reasoning for this current requirement. We're using Informix 5.0 databases for one of our applications. This Informix version has a problem with locking, leading to a "deadly embrace". Informix version 7.13 has a fix for this problem. Based on the reports we got from other sites, version 7.13 is such a performance hog. (Informix recommends that sites upgrade to "at least a 3-processor CPU when upgrading to version 7.13". We now have a HP9000/G60, and we are upgrading to a G70 (dual CPU) soon. But it seems that this is far below Informix' recommendation. Hence the need for a batch-control program with some logic processing. Does anyone have any other ideas? >>> End extract Yup! Unix, architectural elegance through superior firepower. -- James B. Byrne mailto:[log in to unmask] Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca Hamilton, Ontario 905-561-1241