Appending environment variable to system calls...

[Jonathan W Miner]

In article <22200 at yunexus.YorkU.CA> racine at yunexus.yorku.ca (Jeff Racine) writes:
>I wish to be able to set an environment variable (the path to a file)
>and then to execute a program using the system() function in the
>following fashion:
>
>	char *s;
>	s=getenv("FOO");
>	system("FOO/FUBAR");
>
> [ stuff deleted ]
>Jeff Racine        
>racine at nexus.yorku.ca   
>racine at yunexus.UUCP

        The following may do what you want:

        char *s;
        char temp[256];
        s=getenv("FOO");
        sprintf(temp,"%s/FUBAR",s);
        system(temp);

Better ways probably exist, take a look at the exec functioins.
Jon.

        


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