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Hello..
I am developing a Graphical User Interface using GTK. As part of our project I need to take inputs from GTK entries and pass those inputs to shell script and use them in shell script. The problem which struck me is only limited number of inputs are getting passed to shell script. For now only 15 characters are being accepted. I think there is a problme in passing the inputs from gtk program to shell script.
I used the following code to link up gtk program and shell script

void dadd(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer label)
{
char str[512];
int x;
sprintf(str,"sh st1.sh %s",charadd1);
x=system(str);

}

Here "st1.sh" is the shell script to which he inputs have to be passed and in charadd1 the values entered in gui entry filed will be stored. I also tried increasing the size of str bt it dint work.

give a try..

Code:

sprintf(str,"\"sh st1.sh %s\"",charadd1);

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or you can read about the popen function

popen function

Thank you for your reply.. ok.. I'l try it.. but what is the meaning of the changes which you suggested?

If you quote the arguments, then you can easily read the big string as $1 inside the shell script.

Code:

 
$ cat test.sh
echo $1
$ ./test.sh ABC CDE FGG
ABC
$ ./test.sh "ABC CDE FGG"
ABC CDE FGG

Sory it's not working.. It's returning the error "command not found"

show your code

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before executing the system function, print and verify what str has

Code:

 
printf ("%s\n",str);
x=system(str);

Ok I will.. Can I mail you the code?