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: [err, msg] = exec (file, args)

Replace current process with a new process.

Calling exec without first calling fork will terminate your current Octave process and replace it with the program named by file. For example,

exec ("ls", "-l")

will run ls and return you to your shell prompt.

If successful, exec does not return. If exec does return, err will be nonzero, and msg will contain a system-dependent error message.

Package: octave