UNIX commands in C

[Glenn Crocker]

jtanner at jack.sns.com (Jason Tanner) writes:
   ...
   I know how to use all the regular C commands but I would like
   to know how to use UNIX commands from within a C program. For example
   to have the option to show who is online from within a program. I dont
   want this done with a shell escape I want it to be an potion like from a
   menu/list.

Check out the popen() function.  It allows you to open a pipe to a
specified program and then read from it or write to it just like a
normal file descriptor (FILE *).  If you'd like an example program
that uses it, mail me.

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