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

No.  Use exec on the last line (to call the last
executable).  Putting exec in the middle of a
script will probably terminate the script at that
point.

> > you are keeping an unnecessary process alive.
> 
> I presume this takes up more RAM.  A lot more?

No, not a lot.  But, you're the person who seeks
extreme minimalism.

> I am not using opera on low-RAM computers 

Then why do you object to a complete icewm installation?

> Would I notice much difference with or without exec?

Probably not.  But I for one do not like useless 
processes running on my system.

Cheers,
Steven

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