On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 05:45:19PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 21:39:11 +0000 > "Jonathan Herriott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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! > > Unless I'm misunderstanding your question, "man 2 chdir" should help out.
Hmmm... chdir(2) would not change the parent process' (the shell's process) current working directory, only the current working directory of the process running the C program. Perhaps connecting to the shell via a pty, and then sending it a 'cd' command could work? Of look at how expect(1) (/usr/ports/lang/expect) implements this kind of stuff... Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"