i made a function similar to peopen, how can i test if it works?
this gave me the expected output
this one i also get expected results, but i am still not sure if its right, the output was the result of the COMMAND string, but what can i do after writing to see if it worked, i cant read it since its in write mode...
Hi
The following is my program to test popen()
routine. The purpose is to print some contents
of the corrent directory.
But in fact, the output is only one character
'a', which I believe is the first char of the file
"a.out".
So, can anybody tell me what is wrong about
this program?... (2 Replies)
hai friends
I have written a tcp chat server in c.. I have designed a cgi program in c to control it... When i try to start the server from the cgi program, it is not starting. Why is that ? I have even tried giving the root ownership for all the programs.. Still its not.
I have used the... (1 Reply)
Hi there,
I'm facing a problem running the tar command with the popen function.
FILE* fp = popen("tar czf - textfile","r")
// output
this program should give the output to the stdout. I don't know if it is possible and which function like fprint() etc. should I use.
I suppose that I... (4 Replies)
hi,
how to work with a background process without a controlling terminal to make use of popen or system call ?
when ever i use popen or system function call in foreground process, there is no problem with respect to that .. but when the same program is run as a background process without a... (7 Replies)
Hello I'm writing a web server in python(obelisk-http.sourceforge.net)
and I'm having a greeat problem with POST method it like that
When someone make a POST request to the server it must open the executable(perl/python/.exe/elf) and send to the STANDART in (stdin) the request and get the... (2 Replies)
Hi!
I'm trying to write a c program. The child process must transmit to the parent a file name and the parent must count the lines from the file and return te result to the child. Here is what i've done. It doesn't stop running, I guess. I'm sorry if it's an ugly code, i'm new at this stuff,... (2 Replies)
Hi
I am trying to use popen function with wrtie option to give inputs to ftp command.
#include "stdio.h"
int main(int argv ,char *argc)
{
int size=0;
char *buf;
FILE *fp;
fp = popen("ftp","w");
while(getline(&buf,&size,stdin) != -1)
write(fp,buf);... (0 Replies)
hi,
i am trying to use popen to run a grep process and check if the pattern exists in the file that i am searching in. i am getting segmentation fault when i try to execute the following code
char *cd;
char flag;
char hdr_flpsp;
char hdr_flpsp2;
FILE *fp;
printf ("program starts");... (1 Reply)
in man system it talks about SIGCHLD will be blocked, and SIGINT and SIGQUIT will be ignored.
Does this signal stuff also happen in popen command?
(even though man popen says nothing about signals)
also if I am not using wait(&status) and I am using waitpid(pid, NULL, 0)
how would... (1 Reply)
Hello all,
I am reading a huge zip file in POPEN process and then writting that to a normal file which of 2GB. Now the process is failing when I looked for the cause someother process comming in after I read my file and it is deleting the zip. But in theory the popen command should read the... (5 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
p2close
p2open(3GEN) String Pattern-Matching Library Functions p2open(3GEN)NAME
p2open, p2close - open, close pipes to and from a command
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lgen [ library ... ]
#include <libgen.h>
int p2open(const char *cmd, FILE *fp[2]);
int p2close(FILE *fp[2]);
DESCRIPTION
The p2open()gfunction forks and execs a shell running the command line pointed to by cmd. On return, fp[0] points to a FILE pointer to
write the command's standard input and fp[1] points to a FILE pointer to read from the command's standard output. In this way the program
has control over the input and output of the command.
The function returns 0 if successful; otherwise, it returns -1.
The p2close() function is used to close the file pointers that p2open() opened. It waits for the process to terminate and returns the
process status. It returns 0 if successful; otherwise, it returns -1.
RETURN VALUES
A common problem is having too few file descriptors. The p2close() function returns -1 if the two file pointers are not from the same
p2open().
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Example of file descriptors.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <libgen.h>
main(argc,argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
FILE *fp[2];
pid_t pid;
char buf[16];
pid=p2open("/usr/bin/cat", fp);
if ( pid == -1 ) {
fprintf(stderr, "p2open failed
");
exit(1);
}
write(fileno(fp[0]),"This is a test
", 16);
if(read(fileno(fp[1]), buf, 16) <=0)
fprintf(stderr, "p2open failed
");
else
write(1, buf, 16);
(void)p2close(fp);
}
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Unsafe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO fclose(3C), popen(3C), setbuf(3C), attributes(5)NOTES
Buffered writes on fp[0] can make it appear that the command is not listening. Judiciously placed fflush() calls or unbuffering fp[0] can
be a big help; see fclose(3C).
Many commands use buffered output when connected to a pipe. That, too, can make it appear as if things are not working.
Usage is not the same as for popen(), although it is closely related.
SunOS 5.11 29 Dec 1996 p2open(3GEN)