Kirk Wolf wrote: > Unfortunately, bash is pretty complicated software, and updating it to do > this is not at all easy because of the difference in semantics between > fork()/exec() and spawn().
Amen, brethren! :-) Interestingly, it looks like there is exactly ONE call to fork() in the bash source. But -- it's in a function that gets called all over the place, with large amounts of setup and post-fork processing, on both sides (parent/child). It might be possible to substitute spawn in some cases but, as you noted, it wouldn't be easy. -- Jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
