From: Alex DeCaria Date: 2010-02-22T08:38:57+09:00 Subject: Re: Difference between system() versus exec Kernel methods That's well and good. I've already read the documentation. But, based on the documentation I would expect to see only a single process running after calling the exec method. So, why are there two? I'm obviously not reading the documentation correctly, and that's why I need someone who can explain it. --Alex -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.