[wellylug] Programming Question

[Jethro Carr]

On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 08:52, Andrej Ricnik wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:44, Jethro Carr wrote:
> >  hi,
> 
> >  I need to make a program which can run another program on top
> > of it, so I can run another program, like cp to copy a file,
> > and then continue on with the program.
> In C you'd be using system() [don't use if the process
> you're about to call is setuid or setgid] or exec()
> 

I want to be able to run programs like fdisk, gcc, or chmod.

Does that require system() or exec()?


thanks,


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