Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!latcs1!ang From: ang@latcs1.oz.au (Ang Cheng Chai) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: spawn vs exec Keywords: spawn, exec, system Message-ID: <9079@latcs1.oz.au> Date: 27 Oct 90 01:33:56 GMT Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia Lines: 8 Hi there, This has probably been asked before but in MSDOS, is there any advantage in using spawn(replace) over an exec() apart from portability. Similarly a spawn() over an exec() and system(). Thanks in advance. Chai.