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From: ggs@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Griff Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: shell stderr in popen()
Message-ID: <2810@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Date: Sat, 15-Aug-87 21:45:27 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 15 21:45:27 1987
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chris@mimsy.UUCP:
> 	(void) sprintf(expandcmd, "sh -c '%s' 2>/dev/null", command);
> 	iop = popen(expandcmd, "r");
> 
rayan@utegc.UUCP:
>Seems too expensive. Try
>
>	popen("exec 2> /dev/null ; /usr/bin/mynewcommand -flags", "r");
> 

How about:
	popen("(/usr/bin/mynewcommand -flags) 2> /dev/null", "r");

Only costs an exra fork, no exec, not much extra typing.  Did I miss something?
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