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Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:23:08 +0200
From: Stein Somers <ssomers AT opnet DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Problem with exec and some suggestions
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Gansta93 wrote:

>The problem is when I
>type exec And the executable name and parameters I want to pass to
>it, the consol window close and I can't see the result of my command.
>  
>
That's exactly what exec is for: transfer all control to the program you 
specified. When it ends, everything ends: the command shell and the 
window it lives in.

Just leave out the exec prefix.

Stein

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