Hello,
I need do start an app from another.
Now I use then execv system call: the secondary app starts,
but the first exits! I need the first to go on running!
How can I do? Is there another system call?
Thank you!

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"patrick carosso" <carossopatrick@yahoo.it> writes:

> Hello,
> I need do start an app from another.
> Now I use then execv system call: the secondary app starts,
> but the first exits! I need the first to go on running!
> How can I do? Is there another system call?
> Thank you!

Don't multipost.

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Måns Rullgård
mru@mru.ath.cx

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patrick carosso wrote:

> Hello,
> I need do start an app from another.
> Now I use then execv system call: the secondary app starts,
> but the first exits! I need the first to go on running!
> How can I do? Is there another system call?
> Thank you!

the exec family of system calls specifically
supercedes the old process with the new
process.

Either:

1. check out the man pages for fork(2)
and wait(2) and be very, very careful.

or:

2. check out system(3), which
encapsulates the fork(2)/exec(2)/wait(2)
family of calls for you.


NPL

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