RE: Help request for backup perl script

[Rogers, Gary (AP- Server Adminstrator)]

Doh, you're right. Just like unix exec. I stand corrected. :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Showalter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:02 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Help request for backup perl script


> -----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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