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From: ark@alice.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Fork and Exec
Message-ID: <6770@alice.uUCp>
Date: Wed, 1-Apr-87 15:14:48 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  1 15:14:48 1987
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In article <6635@brl-adm.ARPA>, bagpiper@csvax.caltech.edu writes:
>    What is the difference between fork and exec in a unix environment and
>    furthermore how does that map into a MS-Dos environment??

Fork creates a new process.  Exec replaces the contents
of the current process' memory without creating a new process.