Also note: popen is a one way deal - you choose either to write to or to read from a child process, popen will not let you do both at the same time. Otherwise, you get into more interesting and advanced interprocess communication (IPC) programming like maybe pipes.
That's right! The POSIX.1-2001 function popen() only allows to read or write, not both. But if you look closely to my implementation, I don't actually use popen(). Instead, I created an popen2() that opens two pipes for the parent process (infp, outfp). Try that with "cat" for instance.
I wrote and then I read from the child process "your-program-B"
Hi,
Program A: uses pipe()
I am able to read the stdout of PROGAM B (stdout got through system() command) into PROGRAM A using:
* child
-> dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
-> execl("/path/PROGRAM B", "PROGRAM B", NULL);
* parent
-> char line;
-> read(fd, line, 100);
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PROGRAM A <-> PROGRAM B
PROGRAM A sends data as STDIN ro PROGRAM B and when PROGRAM B is executed from PROGRAM A, it sends output back to PROGRAM A. This is implemented using 2 pipes (fd1 & fd2).
The above process happens in a loop and during the second run, the previous data that had been... (10 Replies)
Hi,
Program A: uses pipe()
I am able to read the stdout of PROGAM B (stdout got through system() command) into PROGRAM A using:
* child
-> dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
-> execl("/path/PROGRAM B", "PROGRAM B", NULL);
* parent
-> char line;
-> read(fd, line, 100);
Question:... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I wanted to know if i can write a program using switches and signals, etc to trace execution of other unix program which calls c program internally.
If yes how? If not with signals and switches then are there any other methods apart from debugging with gdb/dbx. (3 Replies)
Hi,
i want to write a script that executes a program (exec?) .
this program then requires a filename as input.
how do i give it this input in the script so the program will be complete run and close by the script.
e.g.
exec prog.exe
program then asks for filename
"enter filename:"... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am having an input file which contains a group of words,if one specific word comes which goes to next line.
example:
input file===>
shashi country= india comapny= none shashi shashi company= NONE shashi=my name
output===>
shashi country= india comapny= none
shashi
shashi... (6 Replies)
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I need help with the following.
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I created a program, so a kid can practice there math on it. It dispenses varies math problems and the kid must input an answer. I also want it to grade the work they have done, but I can't find the best place for it to print out the grade.
I have:
if ( $response =~ m/^/ ) {
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