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Top Forums Programming Passing argument to command in C Post 302558802 by effizy on Sunday 25th of September 2011 12:05:21 PM
Old 09-25-2011
Many Thanks @ Zacharoni.

Not sure i follow you though, perhaps i wasnt clear with my problem statement.

If you look at case 2 of my code, i have the "ps -ef" command hardcoded into my program, i do not want to do that - i want the user to have the ability to use the "ps" command with any argument [a, e, f , l, x] if selected from the menu.
 

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item_value

mitem_value(3X) 														   mitem_value(3X)

NAME

       mitem_value - set and get menu item values

SYNOPSIS

       #include <menu.h>
       int set_item_value(ITEM *item, bool value);
       bool item_value(const ITEM *item);

DESCRIPTION

       If  you	turn off the menu option O_ONEVALUE (e.g., with set_menu_opts or menu_opts_off; see menu_opts(3X)), the menu becomes multi-valued;
       that is, more than one item may simultaneously be selected.

       In a multi_valued menu, you can used set_item_value to select the given menu item (second argument TRUE) or deselect  it  (second  argument
       FALSE).

RETURN VALUE

       The function set_item_value returns one of the following:

       E_OK The routine succeeded.

       E_SYSTEM_ERROR
	    System error occurred (see errno).

       E_REQUEST_DENIED
	    The menu driver could not process the request.

SEE ALSO

       curses(3X), menu(3X).

NOTES

       The header file <menu.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>.

PORTABILITY

       These routines emulate the System V menu library.  They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

AUTHORS

       Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.

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