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Re: Re: system calls problemby Aragorn (Curate) |
on May 27, 2004 at 08:39 UTC ( [id://356837]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Be aware of the fact that the reason that exec doesn't return is that the called program is run instead of the caller. The program image of your script (i.e. the Perl interpreter running your script in memory) is replaced with the execed program.
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