Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!uvm-gen!tnl!saf
From: saf@tnl.UUCP (friedman scott)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Using csh commands within the system() function call
Keywords: csh sh system
Message-ID: <239@tnl.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 90 17:07:26 GMT
Organization: The Northern Lights, Burlington VT
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I wish to use a system command that works under csh but not under sh within
a system() function call in a C program.  The line looks something like this:

   system("command_that_generates_errors >& /dev/null");

When this runs, I get an error like:

   sh: /dev/null: bad number

After looking up the system() call, I see that it will interpret the
argument as a sh command.  How do I get system() to interpret the argument
as a csh command?

                               Scott Friedman