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Top Forums Programming [C language] system function print output when not expected. Post 302418492 by Corona688 on Tuesday 4th of May 2010 12:10:14 PM
Old 05-04-2010
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Originally Posted by ejdv
Thanks.

That explained why I did not see the return values.
But the command output is still printed.
Yes, it prints to standard output and standard error. When you create a new process it gets copies of your file descriptors.
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As I have control over the exit value of the command executed, I can have the output go to "> /dev/null 2&>1".
Then with "WEXITSTATUS" I can parse the exit value to my variable.

Slowly getting there :-)
Sure you can. But if that output's the thing you wanted to get, then you're not accomplishing much. Smilie By using system() you're executing a whole new shell and running things inside it. Handy sometimes but if you want to program C, not the way things are generally done.
 

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explain_nice_or_die(3)					     Library Functions Manual					    explain_nice_or_die(3)

NAME
explain_nice_or_die - change process priority and report errors SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/nice.h> int explain_nice_or_die(int inc); int explain_nice_on_error(int inc); DESCRIPTION
The explain_nice_or_die function is used to call the nice(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_nice(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). The explain_nice_on_error function is used to call the nice(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_nice(3) function, but still returns to the caller. inc The inc, exactly as to be passed to the nice(2) system call. RETURN VALUE
The explain_nice_or_die function only returns on success, see nice(2) for more information. On failure, prints an explanation and exits, it does not return. The explain_nice_on_error function always returns the value return by the wrapped nice(2) system call. EXAMPLE
The explain_nice_or_die function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example: int result = explain_nice_or_die(inc); SEE ALSO
nice(2) change process priority explain_nice(3) explain nice(2) errors exit(2) terminate the calling process COPYRIGHT
libexplain version 0.52 Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Miller explain_nice_or_die(3)
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