2008/12/6 Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > VAR="value" command > > will run 'command' with the variable VAR set to "value". > > This is why you get a strange error with the following: > > VAR=value with spaces > > It will complain about trying to run the command 'with spaces' (or > rather: command 'with' with parameter 'spaces'). > >> nor the export command, but why is the "exec" preferable? > > exec (like all the exec* system calls) replace the current process. > > Try an 'strace -f' following script: > > #!/bin/sh > exec /bin/true > > which will show you that no forking was done, vs: > > #!/bin/sh > /bin/true > > Which runs /bin/true in a sub process, waits for it to exit and only > then exist. >
+5 Informative, thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
