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Operating Systems Linux Shell implementation - Command not found Post 302562994 by mmurali2 on Sunday 9th of October 2011 02:40:56 PM
Old 10-09-2011
Shell implementation - Command not found

Hi,
I am trying to execute a program with pipes to run a few basic commands by forking children. When I try to run commands in the child process without pipe, I am unable to run the command as execv fails. However for commands that are given with pipes execute successfully.

for example:
when I try to execute a command such as 'sftp', after searching all the available path in my $PATH variable, it does it not detect it under /usr/bin/sftp folder. But however if I give it as a part of the pipe such as 'pwd|sftp', it detects the presence of sftp in the /usr/bin folder and successfully executes it.

Can some one help me with what causes this wierd behaviour ?

Code:
my$hell% sftp

command = /usr/local/bin/sftp, size = 4

command = /usr/bin/sftp

command = /bin/sftp

command = /usr/games/sftp

command = /usr/local/sbin/sftp

command = /usr/sbin/sftp

command = /sbin/sftp

command = /home/rockydj/bin/sftp

/home/rockydj/bin/sftp
sftp: command cannot be found...


my$hell% pwd|sftp

command = /usr/local/bin/sftp

command = /usr/bin/sftp

command inside = /usr/bin/sftp
usage: sftp [-1246Cpqrv] [-B buffer_size] [-b batchfile] [-c cipher]
          [-D sftp_server_path] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file]
          [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-R num_requests] [-S program]
          [-s subsystem | sftp_server] host
       sftp [user@]host[:file ...]
       sftp [user@]host[:dir[/]]
       sftp -b batchfile [user@]host
my$hell%

NOTE:Both runs through the same part of the code to execute the command

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MacroCmd(3U)						    InterViews Reference Manual 					      MacroCmd(3U)

NAME
MacroCmd - a command that composes other commands SYNOPSIS
#include <Unidraw/Commands/macro.h> DESCRIPTION
MacroCmd composes other commands in a linear fashion. Executing a MacroCmd is equivalent to executing its children in preorder. PUBLIC OPERATIONS
MacroCmd(ControlInfo*) MacroCmd( Editor* = nil, Command* first = nil, Command* second = nil, Command* third = nil, Command* fourth = nil ) Construct a MacroCmd instance, optionally supplying up to four of its child commands. virtual void Execute() virtual void Unexecute() virtual boolean Reversible() Execute simply executes each child, from first to last. Unexecute calls Unexecute on each child, from last to first. The MacroCmd is reversible if any of its children are. virtual void SetEditor(Editor*) SetEditor calls SetEditor on each child with the given argument. Command* GetCommand(Iterator) void SetCommand(Command*, Iterator&) GetCommand returns the child Command to which an iterator points. SetCommand initializes the iterator to point to a particular child Command; it initializes the iterator to point to a nil instance if the given Command is not a child. void Append( Command*, Command* = nil, Command* = nil, Command* = nil ) void Prepend( Command*, Command* = nil, Command* = nil, Command* = nil ) void InsertAfter(Iterator, Command*) void InsertBefore(Iterator, Command*) void Remove(Command*) void Remove(Iterator&) Operations that modify the MacroCmd's list of children. Append and Prepend add up to four Commands to the end and the beginning of the list, respectively. InsertAfter and InsertBefore insert a Command after and before the Command pointed to by the iterator, respectively. The Remove operations remove a child from the list without deleting it. You can remove a child by referring to it explicitly or by specifying an iterator. If an iterator is supplied, the Remove operation should advance it to point to the follow- ing child as a side effect. PROTECTED OPERATIONS
Command* Cmd(UList*) UList* Elem(Iterator) Convenience functions for extracting a Command from a UList element a UList from an iterator, respectively. SEE ALSO
Command(3U), Iterator(3U), UList(3U) Unidraw 24 January 1991 MacroCmd(3U)
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