Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!hplabs!hao!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Terminology question: What do we call a process before/after an exec()? Message-ID: <1082@opus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 02:19:48 EST Article-I.D.: opus.1082 Posted: Tue Feb 12 02:19:48 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 19:04:21 EST References: <2068@pegasus.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 10 > I am not aware of any terminology (of an anthromorphic nature) to describe > the state of a process immediately before an exec() or after. It is not > really a parent-child relationship -- it is more like a sex-change operation > or reincarnation... Not particularly anthropomorphic, but how about "transmogrificand" before the exec() and "transmogrifee" after? -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Cerebus for dictator!