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How to execute shell command without using system command in C-langauage? wirte a program execute ls -l and redirect the output to a file, without using system command ?

  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: October 26, 2007     Asked by: gsivaprakashreddy 
  
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October 26, 2007 06:14:12   #1  
Raj Sharma        

RE: How to execute shell command without using system ...

#include<stdio.h>
#include<sys/types.h>
#include<dirent.h>
#include<fcntl.h>
#include<unistd.h>

int main(int argc char *argv[])
{
DIR *dp;
struct dirent *dirp;

dp opendir(argv[1]);

while((dirp readdir(dp))! 0)
printf(" sn" dirp->d_name);

closedir(dp);
}


 
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