Re: help spawning/executing a command line utility

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help spawning/executing a command line utility
\ Jeffrey Holle (24 Jul 2006)
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Subject:	Re: help spawning/executing a command line utility
Group:	Gcc-help
From:	Ian Lance Taylor
Date:	24 Jul 2006

Jeffrey Holle <jeffreyholle> writes:

> I'm using gcc v4.0.1 on Ubuntu Linux.
>
> I want to incorporate calls to command line utilities in my C++ for
> test purposes. These utilities require parameters, but return no
> information to my C++ program.
>
> I can't find the proper function to use. spawn/execute/pexecute?
>
> All I've found in my /usr/include directory is spawn.h, and it
> includes a bunch of functions starting with posix_. Before I start
> playing around with these "undocumented" functions, could somebody:
>
> - tell me the easiest way.
> - the necessary library to link to.
> - where any online documentation is located at?

This is not a gcc question. It is a general Unix programming
questions. gcc-help is the wrong mailing list for this sort of
question.

You probably want to look into the execve() or system() calls.

Ian