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Re: CI and the 'command' intrinsic
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Wed, 2 Oct 1996 17:53:47 CDT
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On Wed, 02 Oct 96 14:18:53 PST, [log in to unmask] wrote:
|I have a compatibility mode program that uses the 'command' intrinsic to
|execute the command 'XEQ cmdfile.group.acct'.  Does anyone know whether the
|command intrinsic invokes a new instance of the CI or does it 'pass' the
|command to the 'parent' CI process?

A very quick test I just did seems to confirm my recollection that the
current process calling the COMMAND intrinsic executes the command locally.
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Jeff Woods
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