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From: swarbric@tramp.Colorado.EDU (SWARBRICK FRANCIS JOHN)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: system
Keywords: c program
Message-ID: <3920@sigi.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 21 Jan 88 00:37:46 GMT
References: <127@dcrbg1.UUCP> <452@picuxa.UUCP>
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In article <452@picuxa.UUCP> gp@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190) writes:
>		if(!fork())
>			execlp("/bin/sh","sh","-c",command,0);
>		wait()

Just curious, but what do fork() and wait() do?  I have Turbo C, and it has
execlp(), but neither of the other two.  Does it have something to do with
the fact that UNIX is multiuser, while MS-DOS is not?

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