From:	ykgoh AT email DOT com (Goh Yong Kwang)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	What's the difference between system, spawn and exec?
Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 1999 21:43:09 GMT
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The functions, system(), spawn() and exec() are used to execute other programs 
or commands. So what's the difference between them?

When should I use system(), spawn() and exec()?


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