Robert Elz dixit:
>The only way that the standard will ever say that "exec fn" is possible
>(exec builtin is supposed to be possible now, as (almost) all builtins
>are supposed to have exec*(2) versions somewhere in $PATH) is if at least
I repeat: the exec builtin does *not* have anything to do with
requiring the C code of the shell (could be COBOL for all I know)
to actually call an exec*(2) syscall.
bye,
//mirabilos
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