JM> foo $test & JM> foopid=$!
^^
>I had tried to find that variable, but to no avail. Is there asection in
some shell's manual that has a comprehensive list of thesevariables?
the bash man page, $ expands to the process ID of the shell.... ! expands to
the process ID of the most recently excecuted background (asynchronous)
command.
man bash /search for Special Parameters
steve
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