> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rogers, Gary (AP- Server Adminstrator)
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:51 AM
> To: 'Duston S. Horacek'; perl
> Subject: RE: Help request for backup perl script
>
>
> exec() forks off a process and lets it run without caring
> about the return
> process. It's kinda like UPD, you can exec as many processes
> as you want and
> perl isn't too concerned with what happens with the processes.
No. exec() simply replaces the currently-running program with
a different program in the same process. exec() does not create
a process; only fork() does.
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