On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:30:25 -0500 (EST), Vijay V. Swami
<vswami@cise.ufl.edu> wrote:
> > This is exactly what I needed to know. As long as the called script returns
> > control to the calling script as soon as it is done, things are VERY GOOD.
> > Thanks Eban.
>
> Only time it wouldn't is if you exec*(3) the new script from the
> caller. In that case the entire image of the caller gets replaced
> with the callee.
>
> example:
>
> # ls
>
> versus
>
> # exec ls
>
> man 3 exec for more details.
>
I will check the present scrips and make sure that none of them are doing
so, I would think that if there was such a command already in a script that
command would stop any processing of the script from that point on.
All I am going to do is take a GREAT BIG one and break it down into modules
so it is more manageable.
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