Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:18:44 -0500 Message-Id: <200011222018.PAA32341@envy.delorie.com> X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj@envy.delorie.com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: lhall@rfk.com CC: cygwin@cygwin.com In-reply-to: <4.3.1.2.20001122150913.020f6e18@pop.ma.ultranet.com> (lhall@rfk.com) Subject: Re: newbie: Out of order execution in script References: <4.3.1.2.20001122150913.020f6e18@pop.ma.ultranet.com> > I guess I'm confused as to why one should expect things exec'd to run in > a certain sequence. Isn't that the point of execing? If you're going to You're thinking of fork() (or perhaps spawn()). What exec() does is replace the current process with a new one, which obviously must be done in the right sequence ;) -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com