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From: sgf@cs.brown.edu (Sam Fulcomer)
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Subject: Re: Starting up another process from within a C program
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Date: 8 Nov 90 17:19:45 GMT
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In article <1990Nov7.155855.16316@odin.corp.sgi.com> jmb@patton.wpd.sgi.com (Doctor Software) writes:
>...
>Now you understand why I like to use popen()/pclose().
>...

Bear in mind that one of the things that makes popen more convenient is 
its use of /bin/sh to exec the command. It's not always the most secure
method.