Where should I look to find the code that forks bird into the background on startup? I don't want it to fork. Instead I want to fork it into the background myself from another program. Thanks 'james -- James A. Crippen <james at unlambda.com> ,-./-. Lambda Unlimited Anchorage, Alaska | |/ | 61.2069 N Y=\f.(\x.f(xx))(\x.f(xx)) | |\ | 149.766 W YF=F(YF) \_,-_/