I'm curious -- I thought "exec" was supposed to replace the currently running executing image with the new image.
When I do an "exec" in "bash", it leaves the original bash.exe in memory -- but only if the parent is at the top of its tree. I.e. -- I can exec multiple bash's, but only the initial and the newest child are kept -- intermediate generations exit. So why the top level bash? Is there anything the parent bash can do that the child bash cannot? Thanks, -Linda -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
