[Gambas-user] EXEC vs. SHELL

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Ok, thanks, that makes it clearer!

Rolf


Mike Keehan schrieb:
> Hi Rolf,
> 
> EXEC will run a single executable program.
> SHELL can run a shell script, including pipes and redirection between 
> two or more executables.
> 
> You could think of EXEC as the fundamental way to run another program, 
> while SHELL is shorthand for EXEC /bin/bash <parameters...>.
> 
> Mike.
> 
> 
> Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote:
>> Could someone explain me why there are two different ways of executing 
>> shell commands and how they differ in practice? I mean, when do I want 
>> EXEC and when will I want SHELL? What's the idea behind them?
>>
>> Thanks for all hints :-)
>>
>> Rolf