site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com S+E -- Quinn "The Eskimo!" <http://www.apple.com/developer/> Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-kernel mailing list (Darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-kernel/site_archiver%40lists.a... At 13:33 -0700 4/5/06, Terry Lambert wrote: Alternately, the fork()/exec()/wait() is encapsulated for you as well, if you use the system() library routine. Although I'm always leery of using "system" from a privileged program, like a daemon. This is mostly relevant when the program is setuid (where a potentially malicious caller can set up a specific environment to cause problems), but I take the overly cautious route and avoid it in any privileged program. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com