BS> Yes, but the portability is mostly an illusion in this case. Since
BS> Unix is a multitasking operating system, exec() is most commonly
BS> used with fork(), another Posix.1 function. DOS/Win16 have no
BS> equivalents to fork() and, IIRC, even Win32 has no directly portable
BS> fork() function.
Just a simple question:
What exactly IS fork() and why haven't you (or anybody else) mentioned
spawn() and the related family of functions (including spawno by Ralph
Whathisname)?
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