execve, and execvp (see below), but not "exec" itself. The Linux kernel has one corresponding system call named "execve", whereas all aforementioned...

a copy of itself. Then, the copy, called the "child process", calls the exec system call to overlay itself with the other program: it ceases execution...

in turn execute instructions that invoke the fork and exec system calls. Making the system call directly in the application code is more complicated and...

Fork–exec is a commonly used technique in Unix whereby an executing process spawns a new program. fork() is the name of the system call that the parent...

tape loaders. Backup Exec employs an automated installation process. Installing Backup Exec 15 on a Windows Server 2012 R2 system takes around 30 minutes...

by RotorWay International An abbreviation for executive exec (computing), an operating system function for running a program eval, a programming language...

access other libraries. Exec was designed and implemented by Carl Sassenrath. Unlike newer modern operating systems, the exec kernel does not run "privileged"...

commands if called from within a Bourne shell. An attempt to directly execute such a file via the operating system's own exec() system call would fail...

Monitor System (VM/CMS) operating system. EXEC was written in 1966 by Stuart Madnick at MIT on the model of CTSS RUNCOM. He originally called this processor...

programs. A typical Command-level call might look like the following: EXEC CICS SEND MAPSET('LOSMATT') MAP('LOSATT') END-EXEC The values given in the SEND...