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 -- Yes, I hate users and I want them to suffer. -- Marco d'Itri on gmane.linux.debian.devel.general