Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 16:08:19 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Jonathan Herriott <herriojr@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "usleepless@gmail.com" <usleepless@gmail.com> Subject: Re: C Program to execute programs in same console Message-ID: <20060405140819.GA5733@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <6a56d69c0604041833y1f12fd43uc916f852128baeb5@mail.gmail.com> References: <6a56d69c0604031439o7c2eed8an5710dad733a0e97@mail.gmail.com> <20060403174519.4d478a95.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20060403220419.GA5042@epia2.farid-hajji.net> <6a56d69c0604041402i456d33cfm2c6f571e5c558e@mail.gmail.com> <c39ec84c0604041430m75e7f510h49f9cbecca89a35b@mail.gmail.com> <6a56d69c0604041833y1f12fd43uc916f852128baeb5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 09:33:04PM -0400, Jonathan Herriott wrote: > usleep, > > What I am trying to do is execute the command in the calling shell. > So, if I were to execute my program, which changes the directory, it > would do the following: > > > pwd > /usr/home/username/ > > ./myprog .. > > pwd > /usr/home/ > > That's basically what I'm looking for. Being able to modify the > calling shell with a program. It is not possible to do that. A program can only change its own working directory, not that of other programs. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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