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From: jdubb@bucsf.bu.edu (jay dubb)
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Subject: How to run a process with arguments, and trap its output, from C
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Date: 14 Mar 91 12:51:58 GMT
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   I am posting this for a friend of mine who doesn't have access
to USENET, so please respond directly to mlevin@jade.tufts.edu.

   How would I, from C on a BSD4.3 Unix system, run a shell command
(with arguments, etc.) and trap its output (perhaps into a FILE *
pointer so I can access it via the stdio functions)? Thanks in
advance.

					Mike Levin (mlevin@jade.tufts.edu)