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digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 8708] New: Documentation for std.process.exec family is inaccurate

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           Summary: Documentation for std.process.exec family is
                    inaccurate
           Product: D
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: jmdavisProg gmx.com


--- Comment #0 from Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> 2012-09-22 16:15:35
PDT ---
It implies that the exec* functions return upon success, which they do not.
Rather, the new process replaces the current process, and they only return if
the exec* call fails. To quote the man page:


 The exec() functions only return if an error has have occurred. The return
value is -1, and errno  is set to indicate the error.


http://linux.die.net/man/3/exec
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3xw6zy53.aspx

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parent d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:
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Greg Ward <greg gerg.ca> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Greg Ward <greg gerg.ca> 2012-09-24 08:31:37 PDT ---
Coincidentally, I discovered this doc bug at about the same time. So I
submitted a pull request:
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pull/812 .

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