On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 21:39:11 +0000 "Jonathan Herriott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've come into an interesting problem I've been trying to figure out. > For no other reason than my own interest, I've been trying to get a c > program to execute other programs in the current console I am in > (using kde if that helps). > > I tried using system() and execvp() calls to try and execute a cd > command in my current shell, which of course, didn't work. It seems > to open up a new shell, then execute the command, and then exit that > new shell it had opened. > > So, my question is how can I get it to execute a cd in the current > shell using c code. You don't have to give me the code, just give me > a term to search for or a function to look up. I'm sure someone knows > how to do it here!
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Unless I'm misunderstanding your question, "man 2 chdir" should help out. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
