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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:39:13 -0400
From:	Archie Warnock <warnock AT awcubed DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: system() fails on pristine Windows systems
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Brian Dessent wrote:
> system() is just a wrapper around spawnvp().  If spawn() isn't what you
> want then neither is system().  spawn() does not necessarily replace the
> current process (_P_OVERLAY), it can also start and optionally wait for
> a subprocess (_P_WAIT, _P_NOWAIT, _P_DETACH).

Excellent - thanks.

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Archie

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