Yes. That's what the exec command is for. The new process replaces the existing parent process. -- Rudy Vener <a href-"http://www.occasionalpoems.com";>Custom Poems for All Occasions</a> On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 11:32:52AM -0500, Lee Maschmeyer wrote: > Hi folks, > > Weird as it sounds, that's what I want to do. I have a script that needs to > reinvoke itself, and I have this part solved. But the caller hangs around > while the called version executes; if it also calls itself the stack keeps > getting bigger. Is there a way I can make the caller schedule the callee > and then terminate so there's no stacking? > > And, am I right in thinking there's no way for a script to retrieve the > entire command line used to invoke it? There's /proc/$$/cmdline but the > spaces are 0x00 and I can't seem to snag them to turn them back to spaces. > > Thanks much for any info, > > -- > Lee Maschmeyer > <lee_maschmeyer@xxxxxxxxx> > > "Be kind to your fur-bearing friends, > For a skunk may be somebody's brother." > --Fred Allen > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list