EXEC

Early batch language for IBM VM/CMS systems. SC19-6209 Virtual Machine/ System Product CMS Command and Macro Reference (Appendix F. CMS EXEC Control Statements)

exec

/eg-zek'/ 1. execute.

A synonym for chain derived from the Unix "exec" system call.

Unix manual page: exec(2).

2. (Obsolete) executive.

The mainstream "exec" as an abbreviation for (human) executive is *not* used. To a hacker, an "exec" is a always a program, never a person.

3. At IBM and VM/CMS shops, the equivalent of a shell command file.

(30 Nov 1994)