Re: how is "exec" executed by a shell?

[Momchil Velikov <velco@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tobias Klauser wrote:
> On 01/07/2005 10:15 AM, Mandeep Sandhu wrote:
>
> > $ exec man
> >
> > The shell closed!
> >
> > $ exec man &
> > [1] 10618
> > $ What manual page do you want?
> >
> > [1]+  Exit 1                  exec man
> > $
> >
> > The man page of exec says....
> > "If  command is specified, it replaces the shell."
>
>
> Yes, that's exactly what "exec man" did, replace the shell with man. man can't 
> live without a shell, thus it exited.

Eh? ``man'' just did what it was requested to do, i.e. nothing, and *then* 
exited.  It's in a no way related to shell.

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