in reply to spawning exec fails to return

perldoc -f exec

Jim Keenan

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Re^2: spawning exec fails to return
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 31, 2013 at 02:57 UTC
    when I change exec to system, I have the same problem.
      Does the system call actually exit when it's done? If not, it won't come back.