> The only argument against it, that I'm aware of, is that > system() is ANSI, while execve() is POSIX: i.e. > portability... does windows have execve()? That could be done > the way the current preprocessor conditionals yield rmdir > instead of rm.
Windows does have execve(), though it's named _execve(). Not sure if that means it has slightly different behaviour than on Unix. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vclib/h tml/_crt__execve.2c_._wexecve.asp. But looking at the code you will notice that win32 already does not use system() - copydir() is available to do it internally. Haven't looked at the details, but perhaps this can just be used straight off on Unix as well. From what I can tell, rm is also handled in the rmtree() function, and not by system(), since version 1.138 of dbcommands.c. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
