>>> 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. 
 FA> Spawn() also returns the child's exit code, exec() only returns the
 FA> OS's success or failure of executing it.
exec(), by its very nature, will only ever return failure, since it never 
returns in the event of a success.
 ¯ JdeBP ®
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