make c-program that accepts shell commands and execute them

boeroe · 02-17-2005, 04:12 PM

i am a student living in suriname ans a complete newbie to linux and c.
i have to write a c-program that accepts shell commands with parameters and executes them. the program has to use the spaces in the command to execute the commands. who can put me on the right track?

Hko · 02-17-2005, 05:30 PM

Interesting man pages for your program:
man fgets
man system

boeroe · 02-17-2005, 10:48 PM

thx i have read the manuel Will try to write something.
fgets let you read the command string and with system you can execute a shell command from within a c program. Have to read further about the forks..

Hko · 02-18-2005, 06:15 AM

Reading this thread http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=288546
may help with fork().

boeroe · 02-18-2005, 09:41 AM

thx had a quick look .Saw some usefull code..