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
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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'.