• Tarun Ramakrishna <lenkite gmail.com> Apr 03 2011
• Kai Meyer <kai unixlords.com> Apr 04 2011
• Tarun Ramakrishna <tarun elankath.com> Apr 04 2011

Tarun Ramakrishna <lenkite gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

Apparently std.process.exec (D2.052/windows) doesn't work the way the
documentation describes. It terminates the parent process. Is there a
way to keep the parent process open in D ? I also vaguely remember
seeing some mails on this list about an improved process library in D.

Any tips appreciated,
Thanks,
Tarun

Kai Meyer <kai unixlords.com> writes:

On 04/03/2011 07:31 AM, Tarun Ramakrishna wrote:
 Hi,

 Apparently std.process.exec (D2.052/windows) doesn't work the way the
 documentation describes. It terminates the parent process. Is there a
 way to keep the parent process open in D ? I also vaguely remember
 seeing some mails on this list about an improved process library in D.

 Any tips appreciated,
 Thanks,
 Tarun


I think exec is meant to replace the current running process with the 
new one. I think the one you want is either "shell" or "system".
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/phobos/std_process.html

Tarun Ramakrishna <tarun elankath.com> writes:

Hi Kai,

Thanks. Yes, I came to realize that myself. Since I didn't see a fork
in std.process, I assumed it was different from the POSIX semantics.

Thanks,
Tarun

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Kai Meyer <kai unixlords.com> wrote:
 On 04/03/2011 07:31 AM, Tarun Ramakrishna wrote:
 Hi,

 Apparently std.process.exec (D2.052/windows) doesn't work the way the
 documentation describes. It terminates the parent process. Is there a
 way to keep the parent process open in D ? I also vaguely remember
 seeing some mails on this list about an improved process library in D.

 Any tips appreciated,
 Thanks,
 Tarun


 I think exec is meant to replace the current running process with the new
 one. I think the one you want is either "shell" or "system".
 http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/phobos/std_process.html