* Original from Bob Stout at 1:106/2000.6
On Feb 04 17:35, 1998, Bob Stout of 1:106/2000.6 wrote:
G'day Bryan,
>> What's the difference between exec and spawn?  They both seem to do the
>> same thing.
BS>   exec() is part of the Posix.1 standard, spawn() is DOS/Win-only. 
Spawn() also returns the child's exit code, exec() only returns the OS's 
success or failure of executing it.
 Regards, Frank.   Email: fadam@sensation.net.au. 
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