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From: ron@sc50.UUCP ( Ron Winnacott )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: redirect stdin when using execl
Keywords: execl redirect stdin <
Message-ID: <414@sc50.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 89 14:26:11 GMT
Organization: UNISYS Support Center,North York Canada
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Hello net.

Can anyone tell me how to redirect stdin when I use execl to 
start a new program. The problem I am haveing is this, I am writing
a C program that forks then execl's a new program, But I need to 
use a redirect "<" in the execl call.

execl("/bin/mail","mail","ron","<","/tmp/tfile",NULL);

The fork works fine, and mail starts and has a PPID of 1, but it
just sits there waiting for the letter and EOF to come from stdin.

If you can help me please email to !uunet!attcan!telly!sc50!ron
Thanks ron winacott.

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