Date:	Thu, 26 Dec 1996 08:38:07 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Nissim Chudnoff <nchudnof AT mbhs DOT edu>
cc:	DJGPP Questions <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: popen(...) VS spawnl
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.LNX.3.95.961224213739.17932A-100000@binx.mbhs.edu>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.961226083707.6244K-100000@is>
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On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Nissim Chudnoff wrote:

> If i need to spawn a program, but piped I/O and ENV data don't really
> matter, should I use popen() or one of the spawn???() functions? And does
> it make a difference either way?

Use library function `system'.  If you don't care about the I/O of the 
child program, you don't need `popen'.

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