Re: How to re-execute self?

If you use exec you'll "overwrite" the current instance of your script with a new invocation.

exec( $0, @ARGV ) or die "Can't re-exec myself: $!\n";
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Re^2: How to re-execute self? ($^X) by tye (Sage) on Jun 15, 2005 at 18:54 UTC
`exec( $^X, $0, @ARGV ) or die "Can't re-exec myself($^X,$0): $!\n";` [download] doesn't require that $0 be written such that the kernel knows that it is a Perl script and might prevent the kernel from picking a different version of Perl than was originally used. - tye	[reply] [d/l]