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Re: ‘command … &’ creates subshell
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Dmitry Alexandrov |
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Re: ‘command … &’ creates subshell |
Date: |
Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:29:46 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Robert Elz <kre@munnari.OZ.AU> wrote:
> | > If you need to ensure a disk executable is used,
> | Of course. Why "command" otherwise?
>
> That doesn't actually work, "command" can run built-ins
Ah, yes, thanks for correction.
> there is actually no method ‹…› which guarantees execution of an executable
> from an external file, other than by using the complete path name
Well, I am not sure whether itʼs guaranteed, but the ‘exec’ as above does
execute an external command in GNU Bash.
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