Replacing the current go process with os.execvpe

[Mirko Friedenhagen]

Hello everybody,

I am on my way to replace a Python script which writes several configuration files before replacing itself with another program (e.g. bash). For that I use https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.execv.

Is there any equivalent in Golang? I do not use any fancy go routines in the script, the only output are some log lines. Is it OK to just call something like `syscall.Exec("/bin/bash", args, os.Environ())`

Regards

Mirko

[Jan Mercl]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 4:14 PM Mirko Friedenhagen <mfried...@gmx.de> wrote:

> Is it OK to just call something like `syscall.Exec("/bin/bash", args, os.Environ())`

I'd recommend to first try exec.Command.

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-j

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Yes, syscall.Exec seems like the closest equivalent. It only works on
Unix systems.

Ian

[Mirko Friedenhagen]

Thanks, syscall.Exec seems to be what I want then.