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From: kimcm@diku.dk (Kim Christian Madsen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: MORE/PAGING routine needed ...
Message-ID: <1990Nov12.111335.22772@diku.dk>
Date: 12 Nov 90 11:13:35 GMT
References: <1244@eci.UUCP> <14420@smoke.brl.mil>
Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen
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gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:

>I never understand requests like this.  A functional requirement is
>described, then the obvious solution is immediately rejected.  What
>exactly is the objection to system("more filename")?

Several reasons on the fly:

	1) spawns new processes, which can be a nuissance on slow systems!

	2) you don't have the ability to modify the behavior of the application
	   called to suit the needs of the calling application, e.g. disabling
	   shell-escapes for security reasons.

	3) a hidden request for knowledge of how the application in question
	   works, if you're a binary site.

						Kim Chr. Madsen