Ok, thanks, that makes it clearer! Rolf
Mike Keehan schrieb: > 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
