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- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 93 14:25:05 -0700
- From: ersmith@netcom.com (Eric R. Smith)
- Message-Id: <9304052125.AA02084@netcom.netcom.com>
- To: mint@atari.archive.umich.edu, srb114@GOEDEL.UNI-MUENSTER.DE
- Subject: Re: exec in mint.cnf
-
- >I tried to use the exec command to start a program that waits for GEM. I
- >discovered that "exec" starts a program with Pexec-mode "0". Wouldn't it be
- >good thing to have a command that starts programs with Pexec-mode "100"??
-
- Just do "exec c:\mint\bin\bg.ttp your-program". (replace c:\mint\bin\bg.ttp
- with the correct path to the "bg" utility).
-
- Or, your program can itself use tfork() or Pexec mode 106 to start a
- background thread, and then exit.
-
-