Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 21:02:19 +0000 From: "Jonathan Herriott" <herriojr@gmail.com> To: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Subject: Re: C Program to execute programs in same console Message-ID: <6a56d69c0604041402i456d33cfm2c6f571e5c558e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060403220419.GA5042@epia2.farid-hajji.net> References: <6a56d69c0604031439o7c2eed8an5710dad733a0e97@mail.gmail.com> <20060403174519.4d478a95.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20060403220419.GA5042@epia2.farid-hajji.net>
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Thanks for the suggestion. I haven't tried it yet, but I'll post if I get it working. Thanks, Jon On 4/3/06, cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 05:45:19PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 21:39:11 +0000 > > "Jonathan Herriott" <herriojr@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So, my question is how can I get it to execute a cd in the current > > > shell using c code. You don't have to give me the code, just give me > > > a term to search for or a function to look up. I'm sure someone know= s > > > how to do it here! > > > > Unless I'm misunderstanding your question, "man 2 chdir" should help ou= t. > > Hmmm... chdir(2) would not change the parent process' (the shell's > process) current working directory, only the current working directory > of the process running the C program. > > Perhaps connecting to the shell via a pty, and then sending it a 'cd' > command could work? Of look at how expect(1) (/usr/ports/lang/expect) > implements this kind of stuff... > > Regards, > -cpghost. > > -- > Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ >
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