execl / execv ?

owijust · #1 (**permalink**) 01-22-2006

Hi,

Is it possible to run a program from my C program using only the full pathname?

for example if I wanna call: "ls", so I whould have to use:

Code:

execl("/bin/ls", "ls", NULL);

blowtorch · #2 (**permalink**) 01-23-2006

You could use the system() function to run this. You wouldn't even have to give the full path if the executable is in your PATH.

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