Unknown wrote on 20 August 2008 14:41: > Because I want to put the thread in suspend mode, instead of just > stopping and restarting.
That's a problematical idea. What if the thread has just taken a critical system mutex when you suspend it? > I don't want the cron to start from the beginning. Why not? This is the heart of your question: the stuff about suspending the thread is just a means to acheive this goal, no? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/