Foo Ji-Haw wrote: > Hello Karthik, > > I am not a monk, but I have a simple answer to your question. > > IIRC, the main diff between exec() and system() is that one waits for > the call to complete before continuing, whereas the other does not. You > have to read the docs to figure out which is which.
exec replaces the current process with a new version of the same process and basically starts over again from scratch. system runs a child process and waits on it. -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /--< o // // Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (My Perl/Lakers stuff) _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
