>>>>> Maarten Boekhold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I have the following piece of code (stripped down):
> ...
> if (execl("/bin/sh", "-c", "/usr/bin/slrn.real", "-f", buff,
> "-d", NULL) != -1) {
> sprintf(buff, "%s/tmpdsc.dsc", SLRN_DSC_DIR);
> sprintf(buff2, "%s/newsgroups.dsc", SLRN_DSC_DIR);
> execl("/bin/mv", buff, buff2);
> } else {
> perror(NULL);
> }
Well, one thing wrong with this code is that the execl of /bin/mv
cannot be reached because the execl of /bin/sh never returns.
You really want to wait(), in the parent, for the child to exit, and
then call rename(buff, buff2) {since it looks like the two filenames
reside in the same file system}.
--
Steve Preston ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
