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- POPEN(3) Minix Programmer's Manual POPEN(3)
- NAME
- popen, pclose - initiate I/O to/from a process
- SYNOPSIS
- #include <stdio.h>
- FILE *popen(const char *command, const char *type)
- int pclose(FILE *stream)
- DESCRIPTION
- The arguments to popen are pointers to null-terminated strings containing
- respectively a shell command line and an I/O mode, either "r" for reading
- or "w" for writing. It creates a pipe between the calling process and
- the command to be executed. The value returned is a stream pointer that
- can be used (as appropriate) to write to the standard input of the
- command or read from its standard output.
- A stream opened by popen should be closed by pclose, which waits for the
- associated process to terminate and returns the exit status of the
- command.
- Because open files are shared, a type "r" command may be used as an input
- filter, and a type "w" as an output filter.
- SEE ALSO
- pipe(2), fopen(3), fclose(3), system(3), wait(2), sh(1).
- DIAGNOSTICS
- Popen returns a null pointer if files or processes cannot be created, or
- the shell cannot be accessed.
- BUGS
- Buffered reading before opening an input filter may leave the standard
- input of that filter mispositioned. Similar problems with an output
- filter may be forestalled by careful buffer flushing, for instance, with
- fflush, see fclose(3).
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