Gilbert, FYI, you can send an INT signal to an LDM process that's not terminating. This will cause the process to immediately call exit() and might result in less damage to the LDM system than sending the process a "kill -9". Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: UHO-873587 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.