Hi Rolf, EXEC will run a single executable program. SHELL can run a shell script, including pipes and redirection between two or more executables.
You could think of EXEC as the fundamental way to run another program, while SHELL is shorthand for EXEC /bin/bash <parameters...>. Mike. Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: > Could someone explain me why there are two different ways of executing > shell commands and how they differ in practice? I mean, when do I want > EXEC and when will I want SHELL? What's the idea behind them? > > Thanks for all hints :-) > > Rolf > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
