[Gambas-user] execute shell command then exit

[joshiggins]

I'm making a menu replacement which I will call from a launcher on the xfce
panel, and if it doesnt exit after starting the selected program it will
still be running, then pressing the launcher again will make two menu
processes, but only 1 will be visible to the user. This is my problem.

My gambas program strangely doesnt exit when the process it started exits.
Is this normal behaviour?



Benoit Minisini wrote:
> 
> On samedi 16 août 2008, joshiggins wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need my gambas program to execute another program then close itself,
>> leaving the other program running. Using the SHELL command then Me.Close
>> in
>> the startup form doesnt work, my gambas app keeps on running. I have also
>> tried using EXEC to the same effect. How can this be achieved?
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
> Actually in Unix a parent process should always wait for the termination
> of 
> its child processes.
> 
> So by default Gambas programs do that. 
> 
> Moreover, child processes are running in the environment of their parent,
> so 
> they share things.
> 
> How is it a problem for you?
> 
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