Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!kodak!isctsse!pajerek From: pajerek@usenet@kadsma (Don Pajerek) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Child processes redefined Message-ID: <1990Jul6.145122.14785@usenet@kadsma> Date: 6 Jul 90 14:51:22 GMT References: <12473@june.cs.washington.edu> Reply-To: pajerek@isctsse.UUCP (Don Pajerek) Distribution: na Organization: Eastman Kodak Telecommunication Services, Rochester, N.Y. 14650 Lines: 12 In article <12473@june.cs.washington.edu> ojpotter@fred.cs.washington.edu () writes: > I want to use these external >executables as runtime functions. I want to pass them parameters and get a >calculated return value back. > >Jay Potter Am I missing something, or won't fork/exec do the job? Don Pajerek