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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > icewm&
> > opera&  (the exec was not needed)
> > rxvt
>
> Nobody said exec was needed.  What exec does

David's  suggestion was to put exec in front of opera.  Should I also put 
it in front of icewm and rxvt?

> is terminate the process that calls it, thereby
> reducing the number of processes by one.  Without
> the exec, you are keeping an unnecessary process
> alive.

I presume this takes up more RAM.  A lot more?
I am not using opera on low-RAM computers (it won't work on the 4-color 
laptop).  Would I notice much difference with or without exec?

> Cheers,
> Steven
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