Programming

FILE *fp;
char path[PATH_MAX];
...
fp = popen("ls", "r");
while (fgets(path, PATH_MAX, fp) != NULL) {
    # fprintf(stderr, "%s", path);
    write(sockfd, path, strlen(path));   
}

pclose(fp);   
...

{
  pid_t pid=fork();
  int st;

  if(pid < 0)
  {
    perror("Couldn't fork");
  }
  else if(pid == 0) /* child code, run in a seperate process */
  {
    dup2(sock, 1); /* Duplicate socket's FD over FD #1, aka stdout */
    dup2(sock, 0); /* Duplicate socket's FD over FD #0, aka stdin */
    close(sock); /* Only closes the child's copy.  And the stdin/stdout copies remain. */
    execlp("/bin/echo", "HEY GUYS ALJ AF MY FACE IS A ROTTORN BANANA");
    /* Code below will never happen unless exec fails */
    perror("Couldn't exec");
    exit(1);
  }
  else
  {
    close(sock); /* Parent doesn't need socket anymore */
    waitpid(pid, &st, 0); /* Wait for child to finish */
  }
}