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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Kevin Ryde <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote: > Run a program or a shell command and return its exit status. > C<SIGINT> and C<SIGQUIT> act on the child but are ignored by the > Perl parent. The parameters are the same as for C<exec LIST>. > Note that argument processing varies depending on the number of > arguments ... There are some subtle portability issues in that statement, since Win32 emulates the signals and a CTRL-C sends a signal that reaches all processes attached to the console, including the parent. -- DavidThread Previous | Thread Next