Re: FVWM: Exec question

From: Suzanne Skinner <tril42_at_erols.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 16:18:14 -0500

On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 11:42:16AM -0500, Victor Eijkhout wrote:

> What's the difference between
> + "Something" Exec program
> and
> + "Something" Exec exec program
> ?

Exec command
       Executes command. You should not use an ampersand
       '&' at the end of the command. You probably want to
       use an additional "exec" at the beginning of com-
       mand. Without that, the shell that fvwm invokes to
       run your command stays until the command exits. In
       effect, you'll have twice as many processes running
       as you need. Note that some shells are smart
       enough to avoid this, but it never hurts to include
       the "exec" anyway.

Suzanne

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