[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] run command from osd menu

Joey Parrish joey at nicewarrior.org
Wed Sep 15 05:10:01 CEST 2004


On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 08:24:57PM -0400, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 11:14:20AM -0500, Joey Parrish wrote:
> > IIRC, only when using system().  exec() does not block.
> > I believe that system uses fork, exec, and wait.
> > Also, it may be that not all machines have system().
> 
> wtf?!?!? system() is even more reliable than fork/exec! it's full ansi c!

I'm assuming by the sheer number of exclamations that I'm wrong.
So maybe I don't remember correctly.  I stand corrected.

--Joey

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