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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: how to use pipes (was: Re: system() question)
Message-ID: <5866:Mar604:22:3791@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 04:22:37 GMT
References: <1991Mar2.181423.13981@csusac.csus.edu> <1991Mar3.175234.11716@csusac.csus.edu> <1991Mar3.214844.15444@csusac.csus.edu>
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In article <1991Mar3.214844.15444@csusac.csus.edu> emmonsl@athena.ecs.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons) writes:
> using fork/exec/pipe: 0.0u 0.1s 0:00 35% 5+6k 0+0io 0pf+0w
> using system:         0.2u 0.4s 0:00 70% 32+18k 0+4io 0pf+0w

This is, of course, because you aren't waiting for the child to finish.

---Dan