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Re: system_exec()

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> Jul 12, 2003
• 546 views

Hi Jim, you wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 11:49:25PM +0200, Juergen Luethje wrote:

<big snip>

>> I'll try to summarize (S: run a child process  sychnronously,
>>                        A: run a child process asychnronously):
Should be "a/synchronously", of course.   -------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>>
>>          |    Euphoria command
>>          |
>>          | system() | system_exec()
>> ---------+----------+--------------
>> DOS      |    S     |      S
>> ---------+----------+--------------
>> Windows  |    A     |      S
>> ---------+----------+--------------
>> Linux    |    S     |      S
>> ---------+----------+--------------
>> FreeBSD  |    S     |      S
>>
>>
>> Is this the bottom line?
>
> I thought that system() under Windows would be 'S' not 'A' ... but
> then again I probably wouldn't know...

I only can say that under Windows 98, 'A' is correct for system().
I don't think it's likely, that other Windows versions behave different
regarding this point.
Interestingly -- provided this litte table is correct --, the 'A' for
Windows is the exception. The table is almost contrary to what I had
expected. 

Anyway, the question of practical importance for me at the moment was
the behaviour of system_exec() under Windows, and that seems pretty
clear now.
Thanks again to all, who helped me.

Best regards,
   Juergen

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