On Wed Apr 16 23:42:08 EST 1997, Stig writes:
> I'm somewhat late into this thread, but I think that the two primitives
> should be:
>
> Shell makes a subshell
>
> Exec forks a subshell with an implicit 'exec', or even just fork
> a process with no shell at all. The fvwm command should
> mirror the behavior of the shell command by that name,
> because that's what people will expect it to do.
>
> 3 is overkill, but one is not enough.
What about "Exec (commands)"?
The bracketed command syntax is a reasonably well-known feature
for make and most UNIX shells.
Regards,
David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia
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Received on Thu Apr 17 1997 - 08:35:05 BST