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Author Re: 8.5 Windows XP "exec <cmd> &"--mSoft Word and Adobe PDF hang
Alexandre Ferrieux

2007-06-25, 4:23 am

On Jun 25, 12:37 am, David Gravereaux <davyg...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> You might also be able to get away with:
> exec {*}[auto_execok start] {*}$cmdline

David, what's wrong with

exec cmd /c $cmdline &

?
(assuming cmdline starts with an executable name -- I'm deliberately
avoiding the extra extension-lookup mechanism of 'start' here)

-Alex

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