Re: FVWM: Exec wasteful

From: Randy J. Ray <rjray_at_uswest.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 09:54:17 -0700

> you can use structures with several commands, then an exec would not ake
> sens ...
>
> eg what should fvwm do to this menu entry ?
>
> + "netscape (WWW)" Exec FVB_WWW=${FVB_WWW:-${WEBBROWSER:-'netscape -install'}}; exec ${FVB_WWW} &

Which supports my argument that there should be an alternate command (Execv,
perhaps) for executions that can safely skip the shell level. :-)

Randy

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