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

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

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
>