Hi Erik, >The following sequence works fine on linux, but not on windows (3.3, 3.4 alike). > >It hangs at the point where it waits for the process forked (process.waitFor()) to >complete. Could you provide a more complete testcase? Preferably a simple, one-file testcase. -- Mohan http://www.thisiscool.com/ http://www.animalsong.org/