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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
my C application under unix runs in redirecting stdin to a file.
Example:$appli1 <file1. This application waits often on a scanf().
But I would temporarely reassign stdin at the keyboard for waiting a user's answer. So I thought to add system("appli2"); in the code of appli1. In its... (4 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I'm trying to do something on the bash command line that I will later put into a bash shell script.
I'm trying to take a program that reads stdin (using getline) and be able to keep it running in the background and fire "commands" to it. So what I thought I should do was to try taking... (3 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
When a process fork(), the child share the same file descriptors as his father. Thus, they share the same stdin. Quick and dirty exemple below (sorry for the ugly gets() call) :
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main()
{
char buf;
if (fork()) { /*parent */
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Discussion started by: milouz
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
Program A: uses pipe()
I am able to read the stdout of PROGAM B (stdout got through system() command) into PROGRAM A using:
* child
-> dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
-> execl("/path/PROGRAM B", "PROGRAM B", NULL);
* parent
-> char line;
-> read(fd, line, 100);
Question:
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Discussion started by: vvaidyan
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5. Programming
Hi,
Program A: uses pipe()
I am able to read the stdout of PROGAM B (stdout got through system() command) into PROGRAM A using:
* child
-> dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
-> execl("/path/PROGRAM B", "PROGRAM B", NULL);
* parent
-> char line;
-> read(fd, line, 100);
Question:
---------... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vvaidyan
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
can you redirect STDIN with command arguments?
I have tried this approach:
# ./script -option <argument1> <argument2> 0<$2
# $2: ambiguous redirect
Is this possible? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: prkfriryce
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello all,
I need to create a password change utility for a database. I need to gather at the command line the username, password and database sid. I have the program currently doing this. What I would like to do is not have the new password appear on the screen when I do my read command.... (2 Replies)
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8. HP-UX
How can I access the standard-in device in HP-UX? I am trying to automate sftp on an HP-UX system. On solaris I can just do:
sftp -b /dev/fd/0 remotehost <<EOF
cd pub
ascii
get filename.txt
bye
EOF (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: dangral
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9. Programming
hi,
how does a program know whether some data are available from stdin?
I would like to make a program which could read its data from stdin
and _if_there_is_nothing_at_stdin_ from a file which name is given
as an argument. If there is nothing in stdin and no filename is given as
argument,... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: marquis
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10. Programming
Hi
I am doing file redirection at console for use by my binary.
%console%> bin < inputfile
After reading in the entire file, I want my program to continue taking input from the console. So essentially I want to redirect stdin back to console. But I cant figure out how to do it.
I am... (4 Replies)
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