I'm running the attached sh script from WinXP "Scheduled Tasks" and see that curl launch defunct sh (or bash if used instead of sh). curl can be replace by : ls, ... to see the same problem. Command in the task sheduler (Same effect from the run program dialog) : D:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c "/cygdrive/d/DATA/divers/mcafee_dat_update.sh" THEN CURL RUNS : $ procps -ef UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD pto 2624 1 0 14:29 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/bash --login -i pto 2556 1 1 14:53 ? 00:00:00 <defunct> pto 1884 2556 6 14:53 ? 00:00:00 curl -l ftp://ftp.mcafee.com/pu pto 2224 2624 1 14:53 ? 00:00:00 procps -ef AFTER CURL RUNS : $ procps -ef UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD pto 2624 1 0 14:29 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/bash --login -i pto 2556 1 0 14:53 ? 00:00:00 <defunct> pto 3036 2624 1 14:53 ? 00:00:00 procps -ef Each day better, thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: mcafee_dat_update.sh URL: <http://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/attachments/20040119/d46f2420/attachment.ksh> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: cygcheck.out URL: <http://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/attachments/20040119/d46f2420/attachment-0001.ksh> -------------- next part -------------- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/