List for applications covered by the exec command

[graemephillips]

I have found that if I type "exec notepad a:/Programm.tcl", I can activate notepad with this file in it. Does anyone know what other applications one can do this with and what one has to replace the word "notepad" with? Ideally, does anyone know of a webpage that lists all the applications one can do this with and what their codes are?

 

[ulis]

The list of applications covered is all the applications available for you.
The exec command is a generic tool that uses the functionality of the underlying OS. So it covers what is covered by the OS. Roughly this command mimics the launch of an application by a UNIX shell.

From the exec man page:
This command treats its arguments as the specification of one or more subprocesses to execute. The arguments take the form of a standard shell pipeline where each arg becomes one word of a command, and each distinct command becomes a subprocess.

More on exec at:

http://mini.net/tcl/exec

HTH

ulis