Re: using fork

[iansmith]

On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Ulises Vega wrote:
> I'm using fork with a simple application, and it looks like if the
> father process continues executing without waiting his child, the
> following is the code that i use:

Seems like you want to use the system command instead.

system PROGRAM LIST
               Does exactly the same thing as `exec LIST', except
               that a fork is done first, and the parent process
               waits for the child process to complete.

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Ian Smith